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20 April 2026

Author: Freddie Whittaker

Former minister Robert Halfon elected as education select committee chair

Robert Halfon, a former education minister and staunch critic of the prime minister, has been elected as chair of the House of Commons education committee. Halfon beat opponents Nick Boles, Tim Loughton, Rehman Chishti, Stephen Metcalfe and Dan Poulter to the top job in a vote of MPs today. Halfon got 261 votes, compared to 213 […]

‘Broadly feasible’ to rate governors on nine metrics, study finds

It is possible to judge the quality of school governing bodies and boards based on nine specific metrics, an academic study has found. Research carried out by the National Foundation for Education Research (NFER) and National Governance Association has found that “defining and collecting metrics” on the quality of school governance is “broadly feasible”, and […]

拢2.2m for 11 new research schools takes total to 22

Eleven schools across England will split a pot of more than £2 million to become new research hubs, Justine Greening has announced. The education secretary has revealed the names of these 11 new research schools, which will each receive £200,000 to become “focal points of evidence-based practice” in their regions over the next three years. […]

Teachers’ pay cap maintained at 1% for 2017-18

Pay rises for teachers will remain capped at 1 per cent on average in 2017-18, the government has confirmed. The government has this evening announced that it intends to accept a recommendation from the School Teachers Review Body that teacher pay scales for most teachers shift by 1 per cent. The 1 per cent rise […]

Reform grammar schools or pull their funding, senior MP tells ministers

Ministers are under pressure to reform grammar schools or pull their funding after new government data showed that the proportion of pupils at selective schools claiming free school meals rose by a tiny fraction in the past year. Lucy Powell, the former shadow education secretary and one of parliament’s fiercest grammar schools critics, says the […]

Investigation: Schools face postcode lottery in free school meals take-up

Figures released last week reveal that registration for means-tested free school meals – which is linked to pupil premium funding – is at its lowest since records began. Freddie Whittaker delves into local authority data to see how rates vary across the country and how councils are encouraging parents to sign up. Schools across England […]

Six MPs stand for election as education committee chair

Six Conservative MPs, including three former education ministers, have been nominated to stand for election to chair the House of Commons education committee. The deadline for nominations officially passed at 3pm today, and Nick Boles, Rehman Chishti, Robert Halfon, Tim Loughton, Stephen Metcalfe and Dr Dan Poulter have officially made the ballot. The MPs had to […]

Teachers turn to think tanks over DfE for schools research

School leaders and teachers are more likely to rely on think tanks for research to help them improve schools, rather than the Department for Education (DfE), a government-commissioned report has found. The paper, which evaluates the progress in evidence-informed teaching in England, found that school staff seeking research and evidence were more likely to look […]

English schools to join pilot of PISA tests for 5 year olds

Schools in England will take part in a pilot of tablet-based tests for five-year-olds, the Department for Education has announced. Officials say England will join the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD) international early learning and child well-being study (IELS). A field trial, run by the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER), will take place between […]