News

Top DfE advisor says consultations are never a ‘sham’

Use evidence and examples and avoid insulting ministers or writing “a diatribe” if you want to get yourself heard...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Special needs funding plan shown to be ‘unreliable’

The government’s proposed new way of funding early education for children with special educational needs will fail to distribute...

Ann McGauran
Ann McGauran
News

Complaints lodged against schools triple in 3 years

The Department for Education (DfE) has been hit with an alarming rise in complaints made against schools, with the...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Schools community welcomes early years funding overhaul

School funding experts have broadly welcomed government proposals to overhaul early years funding and invest an extra £1 billion...

John Dickens
John Dickens
News

Meet Nick Gibb’s new ‘teacher in residence’

If you’ve heard the schools minister Nick Gibb deliver a speech in the past few years, there’s a strong...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Gibb becomes ‘school standards’ minister in DfE reshuffle

A shake-up of ministerial roles at the Department for Education has been announced, with some interesting changes following the...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

£2bn fund revealed for DfE free school property company

A company set up by the Department for Education (DfE) to buy new free school sites will be given a...

John Dickens
John Dickens
News

Flagship free school trio found guilty of defrauding Department for Education

The principal, financial director and teacher at a flagship free school have been found guilty of defrauding the Department...

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
Opinion

Teacher top-ups: a solution to under-performance in Northern schools?

Ofsted’s annual report for 2014/15 highlighted an educational gap, not only between primary and secondary, but also between the...

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