Tackling persistent absence in English secondary schools continues to be a complex challenge. In 2024-25 nearly a quarter of ...

Ex-journalist Paul Waugh has been appointed as an education minister by prime minister Andy Burnham, while Olivia Bailey has ...

Tracey Cleverly, who co-founded and now leads the Learning Academy Partnership, has been at the trust through both successes and financial difficulties. Now, she’s an adviser on the government’s ...

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

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

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

The proportion of pupils meeting the expected standard in key stage 2 SATs has again risen slightly, but remains below ...

The Department for Education has today released the marks pupils needed for the 2026 key stage 2 SATs to achieve the ...

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 ...

Scores of academy trusts have been named and shamed following the government’s latest chief executive pay crackdowns.

Schools could be ordered to oversee arrangements for pupils in education other than at school (EOTAS) as ministers hope to ...