Politics

Labour conference 2024: Bridget Phillipson’s speech in full

The education secretary addressed party members at their annual gathering in Liverpool

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Labour conference round-up: Curriculum, teacher hours and report cards

Curriculum review 'big bangs', reviewing the teacher working hours limit and encouraging specialist teachers to swap subjects all on...

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
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Labour conference round-up: SEND, inclusion and breakfast clubs

SEND reforms, breakfast clubs and making the school workforce more inclusive were all on the agenda as the Labour...

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
Politics

Gamekeeper turns poacher as Hayes takes committee chair

Former shadow children's minister talks Ofsted, recruitment and retention, funding and holding her former colleagues to account

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Helen Hayes elected education committee chair

SEND reform, child poverty and the school curriculum are on Hayes's agenda

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
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Starmer adviser Peter Hyman won’t join Downing Street team

School founder and former Blair speechwriter had played key role in drawing up PM's core 'missions'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Curriculum review must avoid ‘soft bigotry of low expectations’ – Barran

Ex-minister invokes Gove as she says curriculum review should 'scale best practice'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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King’s Speech 2024: What’s in it for schools?

Labour government will introduce a raft of schools policies through its 'children's wellbeing bill'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Eight things we learned from first Phillipson sector address

The new education secretary talked Ofsted, her curriculum review, behaviour and support staff in a webinar for school workers

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker