Politics

Reform-run Kent council plans £2m school budget raid

Leaders say proposals fly in face of pre-election pledges to identify efficiencies and savings from Musk-style DOGE unit

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Politics

Labour conference 2025: Bridget Phillipson’s full speech

The education secretary addressed the party's annual conference in Liverpool

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Labour-linked education group backs Lucy Powell for deputy leader

Backing for rival from Socialist Educational Association is a blow to education secretary Bridget Phillipson

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Children’s minister gets beefed-up schools brief as portfolios revealed

Government has confirmed which policies new ministers will be in charge of. Here's your Schools Week guide ...

John Dickens
John Dickens
Politics

McKinnell: ‘I got up every day and gave it everything’

The former schools minister speaks to Schools Week after a brutal reshuffle

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Votes at 16: Are schools prepared for politics in the classroom?

Ministers hope the move will engage young people in democracy, but schools face an uphill battle to prepare them

Ruth Lucas
Ruth Lucas
Politics

Reform on education: All headlines, no policy lines

Sparkly suits, pyrotechnics and a war on pupil 'indoctrination': Reform's party conference and what a Farage victory could mean...

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Politics, Schools

Reform government would ‘root out teachers brainwashing kids’ says MP Lee Anderson

Reform UK members tell party conference of need to crack down on 'brainwashing' teachers and stop schools 'becoming indoctrination...

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Politics

Saqib Bhatti appointed Conservative shadow education minister

The key Vote Leave figure vows to 'hold Labour to account for their damaging policies and empty promises'

Billy Camden
Billy Camden