The Latest Breaking News from Department for Education

Push for civil servants to return to office backfires as DfE runs out of desks

Department for Education ordered workers to spend 80% of their time in the office leading to ‘chaotic’ conditions

The Guardian - UK · May 20, 2022

Nearly 500,000 pupils 'miss out on Covid catch up' provision ahead of GCSEs

Boris Johnson promised personal tutoring provision to help children catch up after the pandemic wreaked havoc on their learning but the roll out has been criticised for failing to reach kids

Daily Mirror · May 18, 2022

Statistics watchdog queries ‘transparency’ of Government’s academies document

Readers of a document setting out the case for plans for academisation cannot see where the data comes from nor draw their own conclusions, it said.

The Independent UK · May 18, 2022

New powers to shut down illegal schools announced

DfE has said its work closing illegal schools has been ‘slow’ in the past.

The Independent UK · May 6, 2022

‘Riot’ at London school sparks call for department for education to step in

A bitter dispute has broken out over plans for Holland Park School to join a multi-academy trust

Evening Standard · May 4, 2022

‘Pupils are distressed’: community fights top London school’s takeover

About 200 students at Holland Park school reportedly rioted in protests over plans to join academy chain

The Guardian - UK · May 3, 2022

Zahawi writes to all schools to urge take-up of tutoring programme

In additional the Department for Education will share data on schools’ use of the scheme with Ofsted.

The Independent UK · May 1, 2022

Primary school children to receive free keepsake book to mark Queen's Platinum Jubilee

Youngsters across the UK will start receiving the commemorative books, written in collaboration with royal experts and historians, from mid-May

Chronicle Live · May 1, 2022

Primary school children to receive a free book to mark Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi says children can read about the Queen’s ‘amazing life and the people and events that have shaped history’.

The Independent UK · Apr 30, 2022

Teachers warn lack of Covid school absence figures is ‘deeply troubling’

School leaders said they are ‘deeply frustrated’ at the lack of clear data

Evening Standard · Apr 23, 2022