Catherine McKinnell appointed education minister MP was shadow schools minister, but exact DfE role has not been confirmed
Phillipson will write to school staff to ‘reset relationship’ Recruitment campaign also ‘expanded’ – but no details, and nothing yet on 6,500 pledge timeline or pay plans
Former schools minister Jacqui Smith returns to DfE in Lords role Ex-home secretary will get a peerage and join Bridget Phillipson’s team
Who is Bridget Phillipson? 8 facts about the new education secretary What we know about the minister handed the keys to the Department for Education
Academies: No MAT target, but mergers growing Around one in five trusts which were running schools in 2019 are no longer in operation
Election 2024: Education secretary Gillian Keegan loses her seat Loss in Chichester to the Lib Dems comes amid disastrous night for the Tories
Election 2024: ‘The British people have chosen change’ – Phillipson Labour government will be powered by ‘belief that tomorrow could not just be different from today, but better’ says shadow education secretary
Key proposals from Schools Week’s manifesto for change Practical ideas from the sector’s best and brightest
Starmer cabinet would be most comprehensively educated ever More than 8 in 10 members of the shadow cabinet went to comprehensive schools