School funding

Gibb: Restoring £370m funding gaffe cash would be ‘irresponsible’

Labour said the error was 'part of a much bigger pattern of Conservative mismanagement'

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
SATs

Schools minister will ‘look at’ SATs reading paper complaints

But he claims most children who tried the questions last year 'enjoyed' taking the test

Amy Walker
Amy Walker and Samantha Booth
Schools

PIRLS 2021: England rises up rankings, and 8 more findings

England moves to fourth in world for reading, but caution urged over pandemic-hit study as enjoyment levels fall

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Exams

Critically ill teens unable to sit exams can now get grades

Disabled pupils, such as those with cancer, who can't sit exams can now get their grades after campaign by...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

Sir Gav’s £17k golden goodbye, and 6 other things we learned from the DfE’s accounts

Bumper payouts for sacked ministers, staff retention issues and fears over SEND performance all revealed in annual accounts

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Exams

What you need to know about the first times tables test results

Schools minister says maths skills will help pupils calculate mortgage rate increases and find supermarket bargains

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Politics

A ‘British Baccalaureate’ for schools? What you need to know

New PM Rishi Sunak wants to reform post-16 education, but there are two big hurdles: time and the returning...

John Dickens
John Dickens
Politics

Nick Gibb and Robert Halfon return as education ministers

It is understood both will pick up their old jobs as new PM Rishi Sunak reportedly plans for a...

John Dickens
John Dickens
News

DfE launches cyber security scorecard for schools

Schools will be able to access a new cyber security tool for free from tomorrow which measures the robustness...

James Carr
James Carr