Politics

DfE monitors staff after edict to return to the office

Senior civil servants will be able to see which employees haven't attended an office for 30 days

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

‘Not enough supply staff’ to plug teacher strike gaps, warn agencies

Agencies question proposed new laws letting temporary workers fill in for striking staff

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Academies, Politics

We’ve heard schools bill fears, but our end goal is unchanged

Minister insists she doesn't want to 'micro-manage academies', but new intervention powers are necessary

Freddie Whittaker
Baroness Barran
Politics

Universities told to advertise drop-out rates

Government says plans will give students 'genuine choice' about where to study

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Academies, Politics

Zahawi guts his own schools bill in humiliating climbdown

The controversial new powers - including academy standards - will be revisited once a regulation review has concluded

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Academies, Politics

Zahawi changes tack on ‘kryptonite’ schools bill reforms

Government prepares shake-up of school reforms amid mounting pressure from Conservative rebels

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker and Tom Belger
Politics

Johnson critic Nick Timothy departs DfE board

Ex-Downing Street aide ends his term as a non-executive director nine months earlier

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Academies, Politics

Schools bill rowback? Barran to ‘clarify position’ after Lords criticism

Minister's intervention suggests the government may be preparing to climb down on some of the more controversial measures

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Localism is key to the white paper – but what does that look like?

The schools white paper calls for strong local partnerships, writes Jonathan Crossley-Holland, but we can’t have them without strong...

JL Dutaut
Jonathan Crossley-Holland