Politics

Geoff Barton to step down from ASCL role in 2024

Heads' union general secretary will stand down three years earlier than planned

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

MP’s grammar schools push likely to be delayed if schools bill shelved

Tory grandee Sir Graham Brady says schools legislation needed for amendment in favour of new selective schools

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Mini budget 2022: NI cut, but no extra funding for schools

Chancellor accused of starving public services while prioritising 'tax cuts for the wealthy'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Recruiter pulls out of school at centre of ‘strike-breaking’ row

Agency says it was 'completely unaware' of industrial action at school in dispute with support staff

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

PM asks Malthouse to draw up plans for new grammar schools

New education secretary asked to 'look at areas that want to have' grammars, but lifting ban not straightforward

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Academies minister Baroness Barran reappointed in Truss’s reshuffle

Conservative peer is re-appointed as an education minister, but exact portfolio is yet to be confirmed

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Unions launch legal action against new ‘strike-breaking’ law

Ministers changed the law this summer to allow agency staff to cover striking workers

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Jonathan Gullis appointed schools minister

Grammar schools fan is now in charge of school standards

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Six facts about new schools minister Jonathan Gullis

Gullis has caused controversy, from calling teachers 'woke warriors' to rowdy behaviour in the Commons

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker