DfE

DfE West Midlands regional director to retire

Andrew Warren to depart the DfE after five years

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Skills England

Skills England to support schools on careers education

New skills quango chair says 'foundation of any skills development is satisfactory levels of attainment in literacy and numeracy'

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Breakfast clubs

Breakfast clubs ‘early adopter scheme’ to launch in April

Up to 750 schools will be invited to take part in trial before national roll out of government's free...

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Academies

Under-fire Brighton trust reviews ‘excessive’ pooling policy

MAT launches 'comprehensive review' of financial plans and funding model after strikes over GAG pooling

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Movers and Shakers

Headteachers’ Roundtable names new co-chairs as Derbyshire steps down

Caroline Barlow and Keziah Featherstone named as new joint co-chairs

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Academies

Trusts look to grow to weather falling rolls storm, survey suggests

One in seven CEOs eye retirement as 45% of trusts expect to grow and dip into reserves this year,...

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
School Leadership

Learning the hard way to accept the difficulty of leadership

“Where do failed headteachers go?” That was the question keeping Patrick Cozier awake at night as he awaited publication...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Academies

Conflict questions as Labour moves to single regulator

Former official claims closing ESFA 'bad news for transparency and fairness', but others welcome the change

Jack Dyson
Freddie Whittaker
Music

£6m music pilot launched for disadvantaged children

Cash injection expected to help charity 'supercharge' existing music programme

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson