Ministerial portfolios: Who’ll be doing what in the new DfE team We finally know what each of the six ministers will be doing
Improver and inspector: Green fleshes out Ofsted reform proposals Shadow education secretary reveals more about her party’s plans for the inspectorate
Labour conference: Your guide to the party’s new education policies The party set out its stall at its annual conference in Brighton
Academy CEO diversity audit: More women bosses, but work to do Campaigners have offered a ‘cautious welcome’, but note there is room for huge improvement
Council urges immediate stricter Covid controls across all schools Staffordshire is believed to be the first local authority to recommend bringing back such wide-ranging measures
Starmer to pledge Ofsted ‘reform’ and thousands more teachers Labour leader to commit to new ‘national excellence programme’ in conference speech
Ofsted expansion hangs in spending review balance Questions over pledge from 2019 to extend inspections
Create ‘voluntary third session’ in school day, says children’s commissioner Dame Rachel de Souza issues report in response to ‘Big Ask’ consultation