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 and happy life’
Revealed: The new education committee membership 11 MPs selected for influential committee that holds the Department for Education to account
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 revenue funding and SEND
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 improve the lot of all children Leora Cruddas opens our conversation by telling me she hates talking about herself and is nervous about the thought of a profile piece. Such apparent shyness seems misplaced for someone […]
Labour conference 2024: Bridget Phillipson’s speech in full The education secretary addressed party members at their annual gathering in Liverpool
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 the agenda
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 conference kicked into gear today
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
Helen Hayes elected education committee chair SEND reform, child poverty and the school curriculum are on Hayes’s agenda