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

Starmer adviser Peter Hyman won’t join Downing Street team

School founder and former Blair speechwriter had played key role in drawing up PM's core 'missions'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Curriculum review must avoid ‘soft bigotry of low expectations’ – Barran

Ex-minister invokes Gove as she says curriculum review should 'scale best practice'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Meet the ministers: Portfolios of Starmer’s DfE lineup confirmed

Who is doing what at the DfE under the Labour government

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Politics

King’s Speech 2024: What’s in it for schools?

Labour government will introduce a raft of schools policies through its 'children's wellbeing bill'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Eight things we learned from first Phillipson sector address

The new education secretary talked Ofsted, her curriculum review, behaviour and support staff in a webinar for school workers

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

No teacher pay decision this week, says Phillipson

New education secretary says funding allocations for 2025-26 delayed too

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Ex-schools minister to advise firm with several DfE contracts

Nick Gibb gets consultancy gig to help Education Development Trust 'export' their work abroad

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth