Wednesday
Gibb and Halfon appointed as DfE ministers
Former longstanding schools minister and the chair of the Commons Education Select Committee appointed to government roles
Heads’ catch-up tutoring workload ‘immense’, finds DfE
Nine in 10 school leaders say that managing the National Tutoring Programme increased their workload last year, with some blaming ‘rubbish’ guidance
Call for new law on restraint and seclusion in schools
Charity backs mother’s campaign for new legislation on the use of restraint and seclusion, warning that children are still not being given enough protection
Spielman: ‘Most schools don’t know if catch-up tuition is working’
A new review of tutoring in schools has been released by Ofsted today
Teachers have a huge impact - even if they don’t get to see it
Teaching is an unusual job because you rarely get to see the result of your work – how it affects the adult lives of your students, says Alan Gillespie
Teacher sabbaticals, a ‘creative’ curriculum: Blunkett’s education plan for Labour
Tes speaks to former education secretary Lord Blunkett about the report he has produced for Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer to help guide the party’s schools policies if it comes to power
Tuesday
The 6 big education issues in Gillian Keegan’s in-tray
Ms Keegan has become the fifth education secretary so far this year. Here are the challenges she faces
Gillian Keegan appointed as new education secretary
Former skills minister becomes the fifth education secretary in the past four months after being appointed today
Kit Malthouse out as education secretary
In September, Malthouse became the fifth education secretary in 12 months
Scotland falling behind Wales in replacing Erasmus, say Lib Dems
A replacement for the Erasmus+ student exchange scheme for Scotland is still being worked on more than two years after Brexit, says minister
Monday
State of school buildings ‘alarming’, admits education secretary
Kit Malthouse answered questions from MPs in the House of Commons today – here are 8 things we learned
Funding delays could hit Scottish education reform timeline
Boards charged with taking forward reform of SQA and Education Scotland say funding delays could have ‘adverse impacts’ on government’s timeline
