Sixth form college teachers vote for strike action National Education Union reveals result of ballot of over 4,000 staff in 77 sixth form colleges across England
Tory MPs warn against ‘indefensible’ school cuts as Hunt hints at more energy support Ex-education secretary Kit Malthouse signs letter to chancellor, as former schools minister says DfE budget should ‘not be touched’
DfE plans language hubs expansion with 拢14.9m funding A new ‘centre of excellence’ will be established to work with up to 25 ‘hub’ schools
Swedish for-profit free school experiment fails to make grade Provider of state-funded private schools that inspired Michael Gove withdraws from UK market and its only school in England
Grammar school ordered to pay back 拢1.5m in overclaimed maintenance cash Single-academy trust ‘knowingly took decisions to utilise funding on works beyond the scope of the approved bids’, probe finds
Treasury to claw back 鈥榮taggering鈥� 拢100m+ of unspent tutoring cash Underspend could equate to a sixth of catch-up cash last year, as DfE survey shows falling subsidies put schools off
Nicky Morgan joins Careers and Enterprise Company as chair Former education secretary to help lead organisation she set up whilst at the DfE
Meet the ministers: DfE confirms briefs (again) of new team Gibb is back as schools minister while new recruit Coutinho takes on ‘children, families and wellbeing’ brief
Grammar schools? My focus is on those who don’t get in, says Keegan New education secretary also says 鈥榯he answer to every problem is not more money鈥�, claiming standards have 鈥榞one up massively鈥� despite funding crisis