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
19th Jul 2024
MAT growth decisions: key trends from 2023-24
Which regions are approving the most MAT mergers, and how many new primary academies are there? Tes explores the data to find out
DfE curriculum and assessment review: 7 key details
What will Labour’s curriculum and assessment review cover, how long will it take and can teachers get involved? Here’s everything we know so far
Thursday
18th Jul 2024
Weekly round-up: Labour sets out its plans for schools
This week’s Tes round-up includes Labour announcing a raft of education plans in the King’s Speech and calls for an overhaul of the exams system
Morgan sounds ‘wake-up call’ as suspensions hit record high
DfE minister says new data showing that pupil suspensions have risen by more than a third in a year is ‘shocking’
Teacher shortages ‘not caused by change in career ambitions’
Graduates are being put off teaching because of increasingly uncompetitive pay, the high workload and a lack of flexible-working opportunities, new analysis suggests
Wednesday
17th Jul 2024
Phillipson to lead child poverty taskforce
Education secretary Bridget Phillipson, who will jointly lead a new government taskforce, says living in poverty leaves children ‘not ready to learn’
King’s Speech 2024: what schools need to know
The new Labour government has set out its plans for schools in a Children’s Wellbeing Bill announced in the King’s Speech at the state opening of Parliament
AP facing staff funding cliff edge, Phillipson warned
Alternative provision leaders call for more funding and action on unregulated provision in open letter to education secretary
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Friday
12th Jul 2024
Phillipson: ‘I need your help to deliver school reforms’
Education secretary hosts more than 150 school and wider education sector guests at the DfE, after pledge to ‘reset the relationship with the profession’
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Don’t leave ‘orphan’ schools to languish, trusts urge Labour
The government must ‘urgently’ come up with a plan to support small primary schools at risk of closure because of falling pupil rolls, say trust leaders
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