Cabinet reshuffle

‘If you believe in what you’re doing, why would you bend?’

Love him or loathe him, Nick Gibb was made for the job of schools minister, says Jonathan Simons

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JONATHAN SIMONS
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Gibb: ‘There is a case’ for a model history curriculum

Schools minister Nick Gibb has said “there is a case” for a model history curriculum like the one recently...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
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Education leaders call for ‘immediate halt’ of ITT review

The government’s initial teacher training (ITT) market review will “cause fundamental and irreparable damage to the supply of high-quality...

James Carr
James Carr
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Gibb slams Catholic RSE resources in rape culture clampdown

A minister has slammed Catholic RSE materials portraying women as “receivers” in sexual relationships, just a few months after...

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
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Gibb brushes off £125m pupil premium ‘stealth cut’ complaints

Nick Gibb brushed off growing complaints about a “stealth” pupil premium cut leaving schools £125 million out of pocket....

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Schools in minister’s own constituency £130k worse-off under pupil premium change

Schools in Nick Gibb’s own constituency face being £130,000 worse off under his department’s controversial change to how it...

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
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Gibb: ‘Challenge’ schools with low EBacc entries to address ‘unequal opportunities’

Schools with low EBacc entries must be “challenged” to address “unequal opportunities” in the system, Nick Gibb has said....

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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‘Too slow’: More delays as lost learning expert group ‘refocused’

An expert group promised by ministers to provide solutions to uneven lost learning across the country is now being...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
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Nick Gibb the ed tech convert? Minister wants ‘resilient education system’ with ‘firm digital foundations’

The government is exploring options for a strategy to “create a more resilient education system” based on “firm digital...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker