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School rebuilding plans may not ‘eliminate’ risk, top civil servant admits

DfE officials grilled about the condition of the school estate and government catch-up efforts

Susan Acland-Hood made permanent boss at DfE

The Department for Education’s current acting boss will step up to the role on a permanent basis, it has been announced. Susan Acland-Hood will become the DfE’s full permanent secretary with immediate effect, having covered the role since September. Acland-Hood took over from Jonathan Slater, who stepped down on September 1 amid the fallout of […]

Top civil servant drafted in to DfE to take charge of exams fiasco

A senior civil servant has been parachuted in to the Department for Education to take charge of the exams fiasco Susan Acland-Hood has been appointed as second permanent secretary at the DfE for six weeks, temporarily leaving her role as chief executive of the HM Courts & Tribunals Service. The government said she will work […]