Politics

‘Galling’ pay-offs for DfE ministers on the political merry-go-round

Ten ministers who resigned or were sacked are due nearly £110,000 in pay-offs

John Dickens
John Dickens
Academies

Revealed: DfE’s ‘cluster takeover’ plan to boost big academy trusts

Officials draw up proposals to help leading trusts expand into new regions

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Oak considers letting private firms sell on its lessons

Curriculum quango says it is considering whether to allow commercial use of its resources

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

DfE says Oak quango needed to break ‘cycle’ of curriculum weakness

Everything you need to know about the government's case for creating a new arms-length curriculum body

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Two former schools ministers to run for education committee chair

Robin Walker and Jonathan Gullis throw their hats in the ring to succeed Robert Halfon

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Academies minister Baroness Barran stays on

The appointment seems to complete the new Department for Education ministerial line-up

John Dickens
John Dickens
Politics

Claire Coutinho appointed education minister

The former investment banker joins Nick Gibb and Rob Halfon who are set to be named schools minister and...

John Dickens
John Dickens
Schools

Uniform policies banning Afro hair ‘likely to be unlawful’, says watchdog

The Equality and Human Rights Commission will publish guidance for schools to 'ensure hairstyle policies are not unlawfully discriminatory'...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Tutoring

Schools ‘don’t really know’ if tutoring is working, Ofsted finds

School inspectorate says most schools had not been assessing tuition effectively

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth