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In the last 6 hours

Department for Education sacks Neale-Wade Academy's trust after Ofsted report Cambs Times16:14

In the last 8 hours

Encouraging outcome from the SEND stocktake review Torbay Council (Press Release)13:32

DfE consults on raising SEND funding cap beyond £6,000 LocalGov13:23

Earlier today

New fund to match council investment in family hubs LocalGov12:52

Huge upgrade on the way for West Yorkshire school as new building work starts The Telegraph & Argus12:18

Yesterday

Student loans can no longer be patched up. The system is rotten Wonkhe18:50 9-Jul-26

Education Secretary urged to intervene as Unison says teaching assistant suspended for union activities Morning Star17:24 9-Jul-26

Teaching assistant key pay change update as Department for Education issues statement Chronicle Live11:06 9-Jul-26

Bridget Phillipson sets out ‘birthplace to workplace’ vision in Ruskin College speech FE News.co.uk08:56 9-Jul-26

Schools closed update from Government as heatwave spreads Essex Live07:36 9-Jul-26

10 pictures of Reedswood Park woodland before it's replaced by secondary school Birmingham Live05:31 9-Jul-26

DfE plans £360m reseller deal for schools software needs PublicTechnology.net02:08 9-Jul-26

Home again, but support gaps remain for children leaving care Social Care Today00:00 9-Jul-26

In the last 7 days

Office for Students defunds Strategic Priorities Grants for creative courses Design Week19:09 8-Jul-26

Education Secretary's speech at Ruskin College GOV.UK (Press Release)18:38 8-Jul-26

PRT comment: new government scheme to protect vulnerable children with a parent in prison Prison Reform Trust (Press Release)16:37 8-Jul-26

Cheshire and Merseyside partners secure Regional Care Cooperative to transform children's care across the region Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council (Press Release)16:27 8-Jul-26

DfE Update 8 July 2026 GOV.UK (Press Release)14:55 8-Jul-26

Letter to accounting officers in colleges: 8 July 2026 GOV.UK (Press Release)12:02 8-Jul-26

New children's centre planned as part of family support scheme Banbury Guardian10:39 8-Jul-26

DfE launches consultation on changes to early years funding Education Business09:55 8-Jul-26

Plans unveiled for controversial 1000-space free school on Walsall woodland Birmingham Live06:07 8-Jul-26

Minister wants free childcare extended to parents on benefits The Mirror05:17 8-Jul-26

A borrowed recovery: the 2025 school workforce data The Education Policy Institute03:05 8-Jul-26

For some families, home education isn’t a choice – it’s a last resort The Conversation (UK)10:41 7-Jul-26

Steel Signing Marks Milestone In £61m Rebuild O... Build.co.uk09:38 7-Jul-26

TT Live Pass sales top 80k but government withholds financial figures Isle of Man Today07:36 7-Jul-26

Nursing and computing courses hit as teaching grant cuts confirmed Times Higher Education18:41 6-Jul-26

Early Years Providers Largely Deliver Expanded Childcare Offer Despite Ongoing Funding Pressures Teaching Times13:54 6-Jul-26

School Teachers’ Review Body Calls For 9.8% Pay Rise Over Three Years And Wider Reforms To Boost Recruitment Teaching Times13:54 6-Jul-26

Saqib Bhatti: China’s influence in our independent schools sector should be treated as a… ConservativeHome13:01 6-Jul-26

Major change to EpiPen rule for every school after death of boy, 5 Plymouth Live06:59 6-Jul-26

Major free childcare update as offer rolls out to 1,400 more schools Devon Live06:52 6-Jul-26

DfE data shows the most oversubscribed schools around Northwich and Winsford Northwich Guardian05:18 6-Jul-26

DfE data shows the most oversubscribed schools around Knutsford and Wilmslow Knutsford Guardian05:11 6-Jul-26

More schools to offer free breakfast clubs in new school year, government says ITV00:11 6-Jul-26

Allergy pens to be stocked in all schools under new Government guidance Evening Standard22:35 5-Jul-26

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson accused by former neighbour of 'fabricating claims of… MailOnline00:33 5-Jul-26

Notice to improve: Queen Elizabeth's Grammar, Alford - A Selective Academy GOV.UK (Press Release)14:07 3-Jul-26

Network Rail ranks fourth in DoE apprenticeship employers list Rail UK13:56 3-Jul-26

Network Rail apprenticeship programme grabs high spot on employers list RailAdvent13:38 3-Jul-26

Department for Education defends spending £700,000 on ‘influencer marketing’ including advert… Essex Live10:14 3-Jul-26

Network Rail ranked 4th in UK's top apprenticeship employers list Network Rail10:07 3-Jul-26

What we are up against Funding the Future (Weblog)08:04 3-Jul-26

"Parents will make their own decisions," Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said BBC News - YouTube00:42 3-Jul-26

In the last month

Minister retracts statement on grooming 'throughout island' ITV18:28 2-Jul-26

Minister: Kids can watch England, make it to school ESPN.co.uk17:36 2-Jul-26

Suffolk parent carer forum to close after 'damaging allegations' Ipswich.co.uk17:22 2-Jul-26

From Municipal Socialism to Manchesterism LabourList16:51 2-Jul-26

Fury over SATs result delays as DfE considers scrapping £180m contract The Independent15:21 2-Jul-26

£2.5m pledged to provide free after-school clubs for low-income families in Glasgow Glasgow Evening Times13:59 2-Jul-26

Changing our approach to unregistered children's homes GOV.UK (Press Release)12:11 2-Jul-26

Education Secretary writes to councils over ‘Phantom NEETs’ LocalGov10:34 2-Jul-26

Education secretary vows to tackle ‘root causes’ of antisocial behaviour in schools Caerphilly Observer09:51 2-Jul-26

Here are all the most oversubscribed primary schools in Warrington Warrington Guardian05:12 2-Jul-26

White working-class students excluded from almost all Oxbridge diversity scholarships MailOnline21:14 1-Jul-26

Pay rise for teachers and school leaders confirmed Education Business16:25 1-Jul-26

Colleges get £485m to help match school teacher pay rise FE Week15:57 1-Jul-26

Department for Education defends spending £700,000 on influencers The Independent14:25 1-Jul-26

Teachers to benefit from multi-year pay deal GOV.UK (Press Release)14:16 1-Jul-26

DfE Update 1 July 2026 GOV.UK (Press Release)13:21 1-Jul-26

Minister says grooming of young is 'widespread' BBC11:42 1-Jul-26

12 roofing firms named in ongoing bid-rigging probe Construction Enquirer08:45 1-Jul-26

Pupils forced to find different schools as red tape stalls new Kent academy KentOnline12:37 30-Jun-26

DfE Ballot - Have you voted? Public & Commercial Services Union (Press Release)11:32 30-Jun-26

The Regs: School design – modern methods, old assumptions Architects Journal09:14 30-Jun-26

‘White working-class children must be exceptional or lucky to succeed’ The Independent23:43 29-Jun-26

Bridget Phillipson slams Tories for their ‘manufactured smear’ targeting her mother’s council… Left Foot Forward16:22 29-Jun-26

Burnham’s speech: Groundhog Day rhetoric, Manchesterism in practice FE Week15:57 29-Jun-26

Phillipson accuses Tories of ‘smear’ over mother’s council house sale The Independent14:03 29-Jun-26

Free Summer Holiday Activities and Food Clubs Across Shropshire - 29 June 2026 Shropshire Council (Press Release)11:43 29-Jun-26

Olivia Colman joins public inquiry call for Preston in letter to PM Blackpool Gazette10:49 29-Jun-26

Improvements highlighted at Halewood Academy Knowsley News10:14 29-Jun-26

White Working Class Young People Deserve Better: Landmark Inquiry Demands Overhaul of Apprenticeships, Careers Advice… FE News.co.uk09:10 29-Jun-26

Cleverly says he would not have used Badenoch's Gestapo jibe BBC16:26 28-Jun-26

James Cleverly Fails To Back Kemi Badenoch Over Nazi Row HuffPost (UK)14:41 28-Jun-26

Class warrior Bridget Phillipson's family made 900% profit on council home as Kemi Badenoch… MailOnline22:21 27-Jun-26

Bury's most oversubscribed primary schools revealed for the next academic year Bury Times09:08 26-Jun-26

AtkinsRéalis supports Department for Education in first-of-its-kind guidance for SEND design Specification Magazine06:48 26-Jun-26

Primary school in Poole recognised by DfE as national leader in send inclusion Bournemouth Daily Echo05:19 26-Jun-26

Planned sixth form in Leeds could provide up to 1,000 new post-16 places Yorkshire Post16:53 25-Jun-26

Neu urges government to install air conditioning and insulation in schools Morning Star16:08 25-Jun-26

Education, Health and Care plan (EHCP) statistics show pressure on system and families National Education Union15:08 25-Jun-26

Education Secretary tells schools to spread message after hot weather deaths Devon Live14:11 25-Jun-26

Dundee University responds to SNP education chief intervention Dundee Courier, Scotland12:56 25-Jun-26

Education secretary says she'll turn Tory leader's insult into a T-shirt BBC11:07 25-Jun-26

Just 1 in 5 Level 2 and 3 starts lead to a Priority Occupation, new DfE Measure Reveals FE News.co.uk10:52 25-Jun-26

Kemi Badenoch dismisses Labour 'whining and hypocrisy' over her 'spiteful class warrior' jibe… MailOnline10:52 25-Jun-26

NEU writes to Bridget Phillipson as schools endure another day of extreme heat National Education Union10:43 25-Jun-26

Education Secretary new Thursday warning to parents thinking of keeping kids off in heatwave Essex Live07:52 25-Jun-26

North Yorkshire school welcomes teaching interns for DfE programme York Press05:08 25-Jun-26

Minimum entry consultation to be held in the autumn, DfE confirms Times Higher Education00:32 25-Jun-26

UK heatwave: Bridget Phillipson fires simple message to worried parents amid 36C scorcher The Mirror18:51 24-Jun-26

Badenoch involved in heated clash with senior minister after PMQs The Independent17:09 24-Jun-26

New 1,000-place sixth form college planned for Thorpe Park Leeds TheBusinessDesk.com14:57 24-Jun-26

Bridget Phillipson and Liz Kendall confront Kemi Badenoch after 'spiteful' PMQs attack The Mirror14:38 24-Jun-26

UK parents warned as over 1,000 schools closed after red warning Witney Gazette14:23 24-Jun-26

Kemi Badenoch tells Labour's Bridget Phillipson she's 'destroying children's lives' in… MailOnline14:11 24-Jun-26

Education Secretary says 'send children to school' as 1,000 close in heatwave Teesside Live14:09 24-Jun-26

Badenoch And Phillipson Clash In Extraordinary Commons Bust-Up HuffPost (UK)14:05 24-Jun-26

School shuts as pupils suffer nosebleeds in heat BBC13:11 24-Jun-26

DfE Update 24 June 2026 GOV.UK (Press Release)13:11 24-Jun-26

Employer Skills Pressures Ease, But Training Investment Falls, Survey Finds Teaching Times11:04 24-Jun-26

City Council sets out ambitious three-year SEND reform pla... Public Sector Executive10:46 24-Jun-26

Wilson accuses government departments of 'dereliction of duty' over Dark Hedges Northern Ireland World10:34 24-Jun-26

Education Sec says stopping a repeat of Preston Davey case is priority Blackpool Gazette21:14 23-Jun-26

0% of Teachers Think Bridget Phillipson Is Doing Very Well as Education Secretary Guido Fawkes16:24 23-Jun-26

Our statement regarding supporting schools during the extreme heat Worcestershire County Council (Press Release)15:13 23-Jun-26

Government pledges action after Preston Davey case BBC13:14 23-Jun-26

New plan to strengthen SEND support in line with national reforms Brighton & Hove City Council (Press Release)11:22 23-Jun-26

Met Office red alert heatwave can parents keep children off school update Yorkshire Live08:58 23-Jun-26

For a moratorium on school exclusions Labour Hub13:38 22-Jun-26

New UK fisheries minister appointed Fishing News11:52 22-Jun-26

Full marks for Cockermouth School Place North West - For Property and Regeneration and Professionals11:35 22-Jun-26

Can UK schools close this week as temperatures hit 38C? Heatwave guidelines explained Daily Star05:56 22-Jun-26

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