Politics

Experts challenge ministers over £3k ‘levelling up premium’

Details are scarce on policy rehashed from retention scheme scrapped in 2020

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Conservative Party Conference, Politics

Scrapping teachers’ directed time would be ‘met with fury’, says union boss

NEU boss says abolishing cap on teachers' hours would be a 'big mistake'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Teacher pay

Pay scales for teachers and leaders in England from September 2021

Most scales remain the same in 2021 as last year due to the pay freeze for most public sector...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Labour’s policies reveal dividing lines are forming

Starmer's conference pledges lack detail, but it would be unfair to expect a fully-developed platform at this stage, writes...

Freddie Whittaker
TOM RICHMOND
Politics

Ministerial portfolios: Who’ll be doing what in the new DfE team

We finally know what each of the six ministers will be doing

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Ofsted

Improver and inspector: Green fleshes out Ofsted reform proposals

Shadow education secretary reveals more about her party's plans for the inspectorate

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Labour conference: Your guide to the party’s new education policies

The party set out its stall at its annual conference in Brighton

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Starmer to pledge Ofsted ‘reform’ and thousands more teachers

Labour leader to commit to new 'national excellence programme' in conference speech

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
ITT

From ‘world’s finest’ to ‘inadequate’: Teacher trainers fail new Ofsted test

Concerns watchdog out to 'discredit' sector as 8 providers rated less than 'good'

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth