Friday
Warning over schools left to ‘pick up safeguarding pieces’
Expert flags ‘erosion of support’ as it emerged school social services referrals rose by 50% over the last eight years
Labour’s Skills Report: The good, the bad and the confusing
A review by Lord Blunkett has outlined a raft of education ideas for Labour to consider for their next manifesto. Loic Menzies picks through the report to assess what makes the grade – and what should be cut
Need to know: Gillian Keegan, Gibb’s return and falling birth rates
Your roundup of ÌÇÐÄVlog’ must-read news and features articles from this week includes reaction to the appointment of a new education secretary; the return of Nick Gibb to the DfE; and why the falling birth rate is a looming crisis for schools
Bigger MATs won’t guarantee stability, warns ex-schools chief
Exclusive: Sir David Carter warns MATs should not see growth as a way of becoming more financially and structurally secure, but should instead ensure staff costs are no higher than 80%
Revealed: Soaring teacher vacancies impact on schools
Exclusive: Leaders warn that the recruitment situation is ‘dire’ after a ÌÇÐÄVlog investigation reveals that teacher vacancies are up by as much as 67 per cent in some subjects
Thursday
Coutinho appointed junior minister at the DfE
Latest appointment means all four MP roles in the department have changed hands since Sunak replaced Truss
Keegan, Gibb and Halfon: what education can expect
Following the announcement that Nick Gibb and Robert Halfon have joined Gillian Keegan in the Department for Education, we talk to a raft of experts and look over past education pronouncements to try to discern what they might focus on while in post
Don’t ‘pigeonhole’ vocational education, Gibb warned
How the schools sector reacted to the news that Nick Gibb and Robert Halfon are the latest ministers at the DfE
Exclusive: DfE looks at increasing catch-up cash
Minister says officials will ‘consider’ proposals to award extra cash for the National Tutoring Programme and refocus the scheme on disadvantaged pupils
‘We can’t face another round of cuts,’ new DfE ministers told
Schools sector leaders urge Keegan, Gibb and Halfon to ensure schools are spared from cuts in Treasury announcement next month
Wednesday
Gibb and Halfon appointed as DfE ministers
Former longstanding schools minister and the chair of the Commons Education Select Committee appointed to government roles
Flagship early years policy could ‘collapse’, nurseries warn
Councils say ‘the quality and flexibility’ of early years provision is being hit by a £24 million cut in Scottish government funding
