Department for Education

Good early years teaching may boost earnings of children in England – study
Study reports one in 40 primary schools in England produce entire classes likely to earn more than their peers
Richard Adams Education editor
26, Jan, 2023 @9:30 AM

Children face multiple safeguarding risks at out-of-school settings in England
Government report prompts calls for better oversight to stop inappropriate practices at youth organisations
Sally Weale Education correspondent
09, Jan, 2023 @6:00 AM

Child neglect is built into the care system | Letter
Letters: After the child abuse scandals of 80s and 90s, many said they did not know what was being done to children, but nobody can make that claim today, says Carolyne Willow
05, Jan, 2023 @5:46 PM

‘Exhausted, broken, at risk of heart attacks’: UK headteachers quit as cuts push them to the edge
With a strike ballot looming, school leaders say erosion of services for children and families has made their jobs untenable
Anna Fazackerley
31, Dec, 2022 @3:00 PM

Osborne the great child impoverisher is backing free school meals. Has he forgotten who he is? | Polly Toynbee
It’s some cheek for the ex-chancellor, whose tenure saw vast sums taken from children’s welfare, to back Jamie Oliver, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
Polly Toynbee
29, Dec, 2022 @5:07 PM

Number of graduates in teacher training in England at ‘catastrophic’ level
Initial DfE figures show just under 29,000 graduates have signed up this year, a 20% fall on last year
Richard Adams Education editor
01, Dec, 2022 @3:38 PM

Further education colleges in England face losing financial independence
Government likely to treat FE sector as ‘big schools’, removing autonomy over borrowing and investment
Richard Adams Education editor
29, Nov, 2022 @6:21 PM

Gillian Keegan says teachers don’t need to threaten strikes
Education secretary says she looks forward to ‘de-escalation’ as unions in England ballot over industrial action
Richard Adams Education editor
25, Nov, 2022 @4:00 PM

Ofsted’s grade fixation needs to be eradicated | Letter
Letters: Former HM inspector of schools Prof Colin Richards writes that grades can never be regarded as objective measures of schools
23, Nov, 2022 @5:29 PM

‘Woeful’ DfE blamed as betting firms gain access to children’s data
The department has been found responsible for an ‘unacceptable’ breach of data protection laws
Jon Ungoed-Thomas
06, Nov, 2022 @8:01 AM

England’s Covid catch-up tutoring often ‘haphazard and poor’, Ofsted finds
Concern about quality of some tutors as inspectors find ‘strong’ programme in only half of 63 schools visited
Richard Adams Education editor
26, Oct, 2022 @5:00 PM

GCSE grades gap for disadvantaged pupils in England widest in a decade
Experts say summer’s results mean new child poverty strategy needed to tackle worsening gulf in attainment
Richard Adams and Sally Weale
20, Oct, 2022 @4:31 PM
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