A seven-figure cash pot used to help with switches between academy trusts has shrunk to an 11-year low. Government figures, published this morning, showed just over £1 million was paid out through the ...

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 ...

Education secretary Lucy Powell has said she will “take forward” changes to the curriculum and exams, claiming current GCSEs are “a lot of pressure” for pupils. In her first interview since becoming ...

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 ...

A new “similar schools” model to be used by Ofsted from September won’t consider a setting’s geographic location, leading to concerns it won’t adequately consider context. Ofsted has said the model ...

The schools minister Georgia Gould has been re-appointed as a Department for Education minister in Andy Burnham’s government, ...

Labour’s deputy leader Lucy Powell has been appointed as education secretary in a reshuffle by new prime minister Andy ...

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 ...

Tech giant Google is no longer helping the government develop AI tutoring tools for schools, after initially being awarded a share of a contract in June. The Department for Education announced in ...

Scores of academy trusts have been named and shamed following the government’s latest chief executive pay crackdowns.

Empty classroom blocks in line to be torn down will be visited by surveyors on the eve of their demolition in a bid to ...