News

Year 6 pupils will not have to take times tables tests next summer

Primary schools will not be expected to adminster times tables tests for year 6 pupils next summer, despite an...

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
News

Department for Education takes on skills and universities in expanded remit

The Department for Education will take on responsibility for higher education and skills in a massive expansion of its remit,...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Nicky Morgan sacked as education secretary in Theresa May cabinet reshuffle

Nicky Morgan has been sacked from the Department for Education after two years as its secretary of state. She tweeted this...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Absence fine refunds should be refused, schools minister tells local councils

Councils should not refund parents fined for taking their children out of school, the schools minister has said, after a...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Opinion

Ebacc is to blame for the decline of D&T

The numbers of teachers of creative subjects are declining, while design and technology is in its death throes. Ross...

Ross McGill
Ross McGill
Opinion

The Post-16 Skills Plan: What do school leaders really need to know?

The government’s new Skills Plan describes significant changes to vocational qualifications for post-16 pupils  – but what does it...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
News

DfE school land company plans finalised

The Department for Education (DfE) has finalised the formation of an “arm’s length” private company to buy and develop...

John Dickens
John Dickens
News

DfE heading for £180m overspend in Priority School Building Programme, report reveals

The government is heading for an £180 million overspend on just one phase of a major school rebuilding project...

John Dickens
John Dickens
News

DfE multi-academy trust league tables: Who are the best and worst performers?

The Department for Education has today published its own “league tables” for multi-academy trusts, fulfilling a manifesto pledge and...

John Dickens
John Dickens