Kids’ school dinner protest leaves a bad taste NEU stunt involving primary pupils handing out leaflets on free school meals draws criticism
Reform-run Kent council plans £2m school budget raid Leaders say proposals fly in face of pre-election pledges to identify efficiencies and savings from Musk-style DOGE unit
Labour conference 2025: Bridget Phillipson’s full speech The education secretary addressed the party’s annual conference in Liverpool
Labour-linked education group backs Lucy Powell for deputy leader Backing for rival from Socialist Educational Association is a blow to education secretary Bridget Phillipson
Children’s minister gets beefed-up schools brief as portfolios revealed Government has confirmed which policies new ministers will be in charge of. Here’s your Schools Week guide …
McKinnell: ‘I got up every day and gave it everything’ The former schools minister speaks to Schools Week after a brutal reshuffle
Votes at 16: Are schools prepared for politics in the classroom? Ministers hope the move will engage young people in democracy, but schools face an uphill battle to prepare them
Reform on education: All headlines, no policy lines Sparkly suits, pyrotechnics and a war on pupil ‘indoctrination’: Reform’s party conference and what a Farage victory could mean for schools policy
Saqib Bhatti appointed Conservative shadow education minister The key Vote Leave figure vows to ‘hold Labour to account for their damaging policies and empty promises’