DfE
The latest news and analysis on the Department for Education and the secretary of state for education, including new policy, legislation and appointments
Friday
20th Dec 2024
New inquiry will seek solutions to SEND crisis
MPs will look at inclusion in mainstream schools, funding and alternatives to the EHCP system ‘without reducing support’
Force parents to engage on behaviour, says report
Teachers are ‘powerless’ to tackle the rise in disruptive behaviour in schools – they need to be given greater authority, says Tony Blair’s think tank
Thursday
19th Dec 2024
Stem focus should expand to Steam, MPs’ arts group says
Call made for curriculum review to give more prominence to music, art, sports, drama and vocational subjects
Only 6 in 10 schools used NTP in final year after funding cut
Reduction of government subsidy for the National Tutoring Programme caused a big drop-off in school participation in 2023-24
Wednesday
18th Dec 2024
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill: All you need to know
Tes outlines the key details of planned legislation that could result in significant changes to academy powers, pupil safeguarding and requirements on schools
Quarter of secondaries record a weapons incident
Poor pupil behaviour is affecting the wellbeing of most teachers and school leaders, DfE research shows
Tuesday
17th Dec 2024
Schools minister refuses to rule out trust pay cuts
Catherine McKinnell would only say that teachers with pay deals outside of national guidelines should not face ‘detriment’ due to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
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Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill: key information for schools
After the bill proposed a raft of changes for schools, we asked the Department for Education to clarify the key details
‘Failing’ schools won’t have to academise under Labour bill
All teachers to have same ‘core pay and conditions’ under Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, being brought to Parliament today
Friday
13th Dec 2024
Unions: Workload pressures at ‘crisis point’
In joint evidence to School Teachers’ Review Body, education unions also call for reverse to real-terms pay cuts
Why Labour’s ‘agnostic’ approach to school structures is doomed to fail
Labour’s new ministerial team needs to learn the lessons of the past and recognise that ‘structures beget standards’, says Sam Freedman