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20 June 2026

Author: Freddie Whittaker

Unconditional offers continue to rise despite government intervention

The number of unconditional offers handed to pupils has risen again this year, despite demands from ministers that universities curb their use of the controversial practice. The latest figures from the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service show that 38 per cent of 18-year-olds received a offer with some unconditional element this year, compared with 34 per […]

Meet the team: Your guide to the new DfE ministerial line-up

The Department for Education’s new ministerial team is now complete. Boris Johnson has finished his reshuffle after becoming Conservative leader and prime minister. Here’s your handy guide to who’s who on the seventh floor of Sanctuary Buildings.   Gavin Williamson Education secretary The MP for South Staffordshire since 2010, Williamson previously served as Theresa May’s […]

How a trust-wide knowledge-rich curriculum can drive improvements

Implementing a trust-wide curriculum for primary schools wasn’t easy, but two years on we’re reaping the benefits, writes Rowena Hackwood. Notwithstanding Ofsted having made clear its position, the debate in the education sector as to the merits or otherwise of knowledge-based curricula rages on. At the David Ross Education Trust we have been quietly getting […]

Let teachers embrace a career that values lifelong learning

The Chartered College of Teaching is two-and-a-half years old. What does the future hold for the organisation? Dame Alison Peacock explains. According to the results of our recent survey – our society does not value our teachers sufficiently. Our teachers shape the future of society, and your impact on the lives of young people is […]

Kemi Badenoch replaces Nadhim Zahawi as children’s minister

Kemi Badenoch has been appointed by Boris Johnson as the new children’s minister, replacing Nadhim Zahawi. The MP for Saffron Waldren joins new education secretary Gavin Williamson, long-serving schools minister Nick Gibb and returning universities minister Jo Johnson in the refreshed ministerial team at the Department for Education. The government is yet to say who […]

Nick Gibb to continue as schools minister

Nick Gibb, the long-serving schools minister who has been at the heart of education policy for the best part of a decade, will continue his tenure at the Department for Education. Gibb has already served a combined six years and five months in the role of minister of state for schools, and seven years and […]

Gavin Williamson: 9 facts about the new education secretary

Gavin Williamson has been announced as the new education secretary, in Boris Johnson’s first cabinet line-up. Here is what we know about him 1. Born in 1976, Gavin Williamson is 43 years old. The average age of an education secretary is 49.5. However he is far from being the youngest to ever take the role. […]

Exclusions 2017-18: Suspension rate rises as expulsions flatline

The proportion of pupils being suspended from schools in England has risen slightly this year, with the government blaming the increase on youngsters being repeatedly excluded. Data for 2017-18 shows that the rate of fixed period exclusions, or “suspensions”, increased to 5.08 per cent from 4.76 per cent in 2016-17. The rate of pupils being […]

Gavin Williamson appointed as education secretary

Gavin Williamson, the former defence secretary, has been appointed as the new education secretary. Downing Street made the announcement tonight as part of a wide-ranging reshuffle of his top team. Damian Hinds, the previous education secretary, confirmed on Twitter earlier this evening that he is returning to the backbenches. Williamson has been the MP for […]