The names and contact details of school leaders are among more than half a million records stolen by hackers in a cyber attack on the Department for Education. The Times has reported that names, job ...

Ofsted will “change the way they measure and inspect schools” to ensure inspectors “recognise the quality of technical ...

Ex-journalist Paul Waugh has been appointed as an education minister by prime minister Andy Burnham, while Olivia Bailey has ...

In a recent speech, new prime minister Andy Burnham argued that education required a “complete rethink”. His ambition is to provide every child with a “path into a re-industrialised Britain”. The ...

A new requirement introduced by the Department for Education means intensive training and practice (ITAP) grants will only ...

Tackling persistent absence in English secondary schools continues to be a complex challenge. In 2024-25 nearly a quarter of ...

The rise of evidence-informed practice has been one of the most positive developments in education over recent decades. The UK is home to cutting-edge researchers whose work around education and ...

For me, the focus schools must give to looked-after and previously looked-after children is not a strategic bolt on or a compliance requirement. It is a moral imperative. Children who are, or have ...

Ministers have urged schools to continue to check eligibility for free school meals under a planned expansion of the scheme after the planned September deadline. From the new term, all pupils who have ...

According to a recent independent inquiry, nearly two-thirds of white working-class young people leave school without the qualifications, and often initial skills, they need to thrive in their adult ...

Almost two years to the day since becoming education secretary, Bridget Phillipson lost what she once described as “the best job in government”. The Houghton and Sunderland South MP presided over ...