Academies

Labour’s ‘act of vandalism’ bill risks pay cuts for 20k teachers, claim Tories

Critics of Labour's academy freedom reforms pile in as schools bill set to be debated by MPs

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Mary Bousted and Anne Longfield made peers by Labour

The pair will sit in the House of Lords after being nominated for peerages by the Labour party

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
Podcast

Podcast: John Dickens interviews Sir Kevan Collins

Labour’s school standards tsar Sir Kevan Collins spoke to Schools Week for its latest podcast episode. Here, he talks...

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
Politics

Sir Kevan Collins interview: ‘We’re making MATs accountable’

England's school system has 'practice we should be proud of', but 'pockets that we should be ashamed of', says...

John Dickens
John Dickens
Politics

Labour reviewing all of Eton’s proposed ‘elite’ state schools

Planned sixth forms in Dudley, Teeside and Oldham are part of a review of whether 44 free schools offer value...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Politics

Phillipson puts pupil happiness, wellbeing and inclusion at centre of first sector speech

Education secretary says while exam results 'open important doors, A*s alone don't set young people up for a healthy...

John Dickens
John Dickens
Politics

Revealed: The new education committee membership

11 MPs selected for influential committee that holds the Department for Education to account

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth and Freddie Whittaker
Budget 2024

Budget 2024: £1.4bn for school rebuilding next year

Treasury says existing rebuilding programme cash will be £550m more than last year, but no word yet on school...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Academies

Leora Cruddas, The Confederation of School Trusts

The Confederation of School Trusts leader Leora Cruddas tells how teaching in apartheid-era South Africa forged her determination to...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill