Schools

DfE’s ITT reforms adviser joins Teach First board

Will Bickford Smith previously taught via the education charity, before leading the controversial reforms in government

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Schools

Schools have surplus land ‘the size of central London’

DfE property company director says selling off land for housing can generate funding for schools

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Key stage 1 attainment down across the board in first tests since 2019

Proportion of pupils meeting 'expected standard' falls in phonics, reading, writing and maths - with poorer pupils further behind

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

‘Appalled’ leaders write to Malthouse over school ‘mediocrity’ claims

Education secretary accused of 'taking cheap shots at a profession already on its knees'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Government’s own website contradicts Truss’s comprehensive PM claim

Theresa May spent time studying at a comprehensive school in the 1970s after her grammar converted

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Malthouse pledges ‘constant pressure’ to boost school standards

Education secretary promises to be 'much more assertive about intervention and standards'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Gove backs call for universal credit free school meals extension

Former education secretary says extension to all benefit-claiming households would be 'more than worthwhile'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Gullis puts undergrad teaching apprenticeship back on table

Schools minister said launching route for those without degrees for primary and early years first could address subject knowledge...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

DfE costing better childcare support for teachers, minister reveals

Jonathan Gullis says he 'hopes' to see legislation allowing new grammar schools in this Parliament

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker