DfE
The latest news and analysis on the Department for Education and the secretary of state for education, including new policy, legislation and appointments
Thursday
3rd Apr 2025
School 21 co-founder is new Downing Street education adviser
Oli de Botton has been appointed the prime minister鈥檚 expert adviser on education and skills
Phillipson: More male teachers needed to combat 鈥榯oxic鈥� influences
Education secretary鈥檚 appeal to address online influences on boys comes as children鈥檚 commissioner warns of a 鈥榗risis in childhood鈥�
Teenagers鈥� socioemotional skills 鈥榮ignificantly worse鈥� in England
Secondary students鈥� socioemotional skills lag behind those of their international peers but could be strengthened at school, finds research
Wednesday
2nd Apr 2025
Funding for school-based nurseries doubles
The DfE announces more funding for schools to open nurseries 鈥� but sector leaders voice doubts about finding enough staff
DfE must recognise funding issues to tackle behaviour, says NASUWT
Union says funding is key to improving school safety and warns teachers need 鈥榯he backing of ministers when it comes to dealing with violent and disruptive behaviour鈥�
Friday
28th Mar 2025
Fears of further redundancies as school funding storm brews
Edapt聽has already recorded double the number of redundancy and restructuring cases in the past three months than in the whole of 2024, with concerns of more on the horizon
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CST: RISE team focus on stuck schools a 鈥榙eeply questionable鈥� use of public money
Confederation of School Trusts raises concern that the definition of stuck schools can include a school that got a less-than-鈥榞ood鈥� Ofsted grade before a trust took it on
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Will the schools bill force good academies to close?
鈥楨xplosive鈥� changes to school admissions have divided education leaders. Amid warnings about school closures, a loss of parent choice and ideological battles, 糖心Vlog looks at the likely impact of the legislation