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

A new government always brings a frisson of excitement, even in a country where government churn has become the norm in recent years. I’m undoubtedly biased, but the education brief is one which any ...

Lucy Powell has been appointed secretary of state for education by new prime minister Andy Burnham as he forms his first cabinet. Taking over from former education secretary Bridget Phillipson, Powell ...

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

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

The boss of the Department for Education’s now-defunct property arm LocatED was given a six-figure payout – as she earned over £400,000 in her final year in charge. The firm was launched by the ...

Questions over whether Pearson had “sufficient” challenge and oversight as it developed SATs systems will be raised during an independent review of this year’s results fiasco. It will also examine how ...

A former Department for Education adviser and an academy trust founder have been announced as peers in the House of Lords. Downing Street announced yesterday that Tim Leunig, director of economics at ...

Forty-nine per cent of teachers will have participated in at least one of the golden thread programmes by the end of this ...

But changing who inspects, without changing what inspection is, treats symptoms and leaves the situation intact ...

What do the changes mean for schools, and what are the wider implications for understanding how the attainment of ...

Education has evolved dramatically, but the framework hasn’t kept pace with the system with each sector left to operate in ...