Schools

Guidance on supporting trans children in schools: 7 key findings

Unofficial guidance from unions and sector bodies aims to help schools meet their legal duties while supporting trans children

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Politics

Ministers quietly abandon promised teacher retention policies

Sabbaticals pilot among schemes pledged in recruitment and retention strategy which have been dropped

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Tutoring

Treasury to claw back ‘staggering’ £100m+ of unspent tutoring cash

Underspend could equate to a sixth of catch-up cash last year, as DfE survey shows falling subsidies put schools...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

One in four DfE staff could join civil service strike

Ofsted employees also vote to walk out as PCS union vows 'major industrial action'

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools

DfE academy troubleshooter banned from teaching for ‘bullying’ staff

Teaching Regulation Agency panel finds Sarah Gillett 'engineered' redundancy 'in retaliation' for grievance

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

Half of academy trusts could be in deficit in two years

Confederation of School Trusts calls for multi-year spending plans after analysis reveals reality of unfunded pay offers and spiralling...

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Politics

Nicky Morgan joins Careers and Enterprise Company as chair

Former education secretary to help lead organisation she set up whilst at the DfE

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Meet the ministers: DfE confirms briefs (again) of new team

Gibb is back as schools minister while new recruit Coutinho takes on 'children, families and wellbeing' brief

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

School cuts: Ministers’ seats will be £7.4m worse-off next year

But constituencies of DfE politicians will face a smaller average cut than the rest of England, analysis shows

Donna Ferguson
Donna Ferguson