Experts challenge ministers over £3k ‘levelling up premium’ Details are scarce on policy rehashed from retention scheme scrapped in 2020
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’
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 workers
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 Tom Richmond
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
Starmer to pledge Ofsted ‘reform’ and thousands more teachers Labour leader to commit to new ‘national excellence programme’ in conference speech
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’