Politics

£700m spent on DfE’s hubs, but to what effect?

Around 1 in 25 schools nationally have offered support at some point as part of a hub

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Politics

Gullis suggests schools won’t employ him because he’s a former Tory MP

Unemployed ex-schools minister says ‘there's a lot of schools that will see who I used to represent … and...

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Politics

Labour conference 2024: Bridget Phillipson’s speech in full

The education secretary addressed party members at their annual gathering in Liverpool

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Labour conference round-up: Curriculum, teacher hours and report cards

Curriculum review 'big bangs', reviewing the teacher working hours limit and encouraging specialist teachers to swap subjects all on...

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
Politics

Labour conference round-up: SEND, inclusion and breakfast clubs

SEND reforms, breakfast clubs and making the school workforce more inclusive were all on the agenda as the Labour...

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
Politics

Gamekeeper turns poacher as Hayes takes committee chair

Former shadow children's minister talks Ofsted, recruitment and retention, funding and holding her former colleagues to account

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Helen Hayes elected education committee chair

SEND reform, child poverty and the school curriculum are on Hayes's agenda

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Politics

Phillipson faces first education questions from MPs

SEND and private VAT plan dominate the schools agenda during Commons exchange

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Politics

After the riots: The role of schools in healing our communities

Let's focus ours and our pupils' attention on the good of the past few days and resist fatalism

JL Dutaut
Sir (Mufti) Hamid Patel