The Latest Breaking News from DfE

Queen’s speech set to include crackdown on unregulated schools

Proposals to include threat of jail and unlimited fines for proprietors who ignore safeguarding concerns

The Guardian - UK · May 6, 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

Academy statement after suspected arson at former Nottingham College

"We are monitoring the situation"

Nottingham Post · May 5, 2022

Ban permanent exclusions from English primaries, says ex-children’s tsar

Anne Longfield says ‘exclusions culture’ rewards removal of some vulnerable children from school roll

The Guardian - UK · Apr 28, 2022

IFS: England’s student loan change to hit poor and minority ethnic people harder

One in four who received free school meals would not be able to get loans under proposal, analysis finds

The Guardian - UK · Apr 26, 2022

Number of headteachers quitting within five years of starting on the rise, data shows

Pay, workload and long hours pushing headteachers away, says union

The Independent UK · Apr 26, 2022

School leader retention rates in England declining, DfE data shows

More than one in three secondary school leaders quit at some point in five years after their appointment

The Guardian - UK · Apr 26, 2022

New GCSE qualification to be launched to help protect the planet

The qualification will allow pupils to learn about environmental and sustainability issues “to gain a deeper knowledge of the natural world around them”

Wales Online · Apr 18, 2022

Teachers’ union NEU warns of classroom culture wars

Union plans to ‘critically interrogate’ government’s model history curriculum over teaching of Black perspectives

The Guardian - UK · Apr 14, 2022

Derry councillors in 'brutal' debate with Firmus MD over energy hike

Thegas supplier, which is the biggest in Northern Ireland, announced last month that a further 16.31% price hike

Belfast Live · Apr 11, 2022