Damian Hinds returns to DfE as schools minister Appointment follows resignation of schools minister Nick Gibb
Nick Gibb: Schools minister’s resignation letter – in full ‘My passion for ensuring that every child gets the best possible education will remain with me until my dying day’
Prospects for career in teaching ‘never been better’, claims Gibb Schools minister says free schools have ‘liberated’ the teaching profession and MATs let leaders advance earlier
Tory donors leave Education Policy Institute board as election looms Sir Paul Marshall and Lord Nash will step down as trustees of the think tank, as David Laws moves to chair role
Labour would scrap minimum service levels for schools Bridget Phillipson says ‘attack on the rights of working people’ is an ‘admission of failure’ over last year’s pay dispute
Labour has little to say on SEND But party won’t ‘rip up’ current reforms, and will take forward measures that are ‘effective and working’
Tell us how you will fix recruitment, Labour told Analysis shows gaps in the workforce already outstrip party’s ambition for 6,500 more teachers
Bridget Phillipson: Full text of Labour conference 2023 speech Labour activists heard from the shadow education secretary at the party’s annual conference this morning. Here is what she said
Labour wants to create ‘maths equivalent to phonics’ Party will devote part of its ‘teacher training entitlement’ to upskilling non-maths specialists in primary schools