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
11th Oct 2024
How will the Employment Rights Bill impact schools?
Tes rounds up all we know so far about how the government’s planned workers’ rights legislation will affect teachers and support staff
Attendance mentor scheme expansion delayed
Government awards £15m contract for mentoring support for persistently absent secondary school students in 10 Priority Education Investment Areas across England
Tuesday
8th Oct 2024
VAT on private school fees is ‘destructive’, Hinds warns
Shadow education secretary Damian Hinds has criticised the government’s policy to apply 20 per cent VAT on independent school fees in a parliamentary debate today
Attendance: 32,000 pupils on part-time timetables
There has been a ‘notable’ drop in schools’ use of the controversial attendance code B for pupils who are learning off-site, new analysis shows
Friday
4th Oct 2024
North East is left out of policymaking, Phillipson warned
Sector leaders in the North East have written to the education secretary to warn about a lack of representation in recently announced Ofsted and curriculum reviews
DfE’s West Midlands regional director to retire
Andrew Warren, who has headed up the region for six years, says ‘it feels like the right time’ to depart
SEND provision in mainstream ‘needs to be investigated’
With Tes analysis revealing a sharp rise in pupils in SEND provision in mainstream schools, sector leaders voice concerns about a lack of oversight, guidance and funding
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Concern over number of children arriving at school ‘still in nappies’
Former children’s commissioner warns too many young children are not receiving the support needed to boost their ‘school readiness’
Phillipson commits to lower Oak National Academy funding
Education secretary sets out a package of reforms in a bid to head off a legal challenge against the curriculum resources quango, Tes can reveal
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