News

School and college system minister Baroness Barran stays on

The appointment seems to complete the new Department for Education ministerial line-up

John Dickens
John Dickens
News

Claire Coutinho appointed education minister 

The former investment banker joins Nick Gibb and Rob Halfon who are set to be named schools minister and…

John Dickens
John Dickens
News

A ‘British Baccalaureate’? What you need to know

New PM Rishi Sunak wants to reform post-16 education, but there are two big hurdles: time and the returning…

John Dickens
John Dickens
Politics

Robert Halfon and Nick Gibb return as education ministers

It comes as PM Rishi Sunak is reportedly planning education reforms including a new ‘British baccalaureate’

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Colleges and providers ‘don’t really know’ if tutoring is working, Ofsted finds

Watchdog also found some sessions put on simply for students to do coursework assignments or exam revision

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

King Charles laments lack of vocational education and ‘abandoned’ apprenticeships

The King says apprenticeships are ‘vital’ in one-off-episode of The Repair Shop

Tallulah Taylor
Tallulah Taylor


Politics

Labour eyes widened apprenticeship levy, return of EMA and individual learner accounts in government

Council of skills advisers, led by Lord Blunkett, publishes ‘revolutionary’ recommendations

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Politics

Who is Gillian Keegan? 11 facts about the new education secretary

Rishi Sunak has been forming his first frontbench team

Billy Camden
Freddie Whittaker
News

Gillian Keegan becomes fifth education secretary in four months

The former skills minister replaces Kit Malthouse

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Politics

Kit Malthouse out as education secretary in Rishi Sunak reshuffle

Kit Malthouse has departed as education secretary, meaning the sector will have a fifth secretary of state in four…

John Dickens
John Dickens
Ofsted, T Levels

‘Too much content’ concerns raised in early Ofsted T Level study

Ofsted reports a good start to T Levels but areas for improvement among placements and curriculum

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Awarding, Colleges

Exam fee hikes ‘make a mockery’ of financial planning

Exam fee rises will cost schools and colleges hundreds of thousands of pounds more.

Tallulah Taylor
Tallulah Taylor and Samantha Booth

Must read

16-19

Curriculum review: ‘Strengthen’ resit accountability and reduce T Level assessment burden

Review recommends already-announced V Levels, level 2 pathways and new pre-GCSE English and maths quals

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
News

Case dismissed: Marples loses High Court claim against DfE

A judge has dismissed a multi-million-pound claim brought by former training boss Peter Marples and his family against the…

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Skills reform

New law to bar ‘unsuitable’ FE leaders among skills white paper reforms

The government’s post-16 strategy has finally been unveiled

Billy Camden
Billy Camden and Shane Chowen
Qualifications

Revealed: V Levels incoming as axe looms for BTECs

New qualifications set to launch as ‘third route’ between A-levels and T Levels

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Politics, Skills reform

DWP will take over apprenticeships, minister confirms

Shifting adult skills and apprenticeships policy will give “bigger emphasis on skills”, Jacqui Smith claims

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Colleges, Long read

Colleges on the frontline of a divided nation

As social media algorithms fuel intolerance and binary thinking, college staff increasingly find themselves dealing with the fallout. Jessica…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill