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Universal infant free school meals are here to stay, the schools minister Nick Gibb has announced today, confirming a U-turn on controversial plans from the Conservative Party’s manifesto. Gibb told MPs in parliament today that, having listened to feedback from schools, the government has decided that it is “right to retain” the existing universal infant free […]

Former education ministers Robert Halfon and Tim Loughton are to stand for election to chair the House of Commons education committee. Schools Week’s sister paper FE Week has learned that Halfon, the former skills minister who was unceremoniously sacked by Theresa May in her recent reshuffle and Loughton, who served as children and families minister […]

Sixty one per cent of pupils achieved the government’s “expected standard” in reading, writing and maths in this year’s key stage 2 SATs.

The schools minister Nick Gibb has been given an expanded role at the Department for Education, with the additional responsibility for steering sex and relationships education (SRE) reform. The government announced today that as well as his schools remit, which includes teacher recruitment, school admissions, and the national funding formula, Gibb will also be the […]

Academies minister Lord Nash met with key officials from the studio schools programme to discuss a review of the model’s “concept”, new documents have revealed. The Department for Education (DfE) meeting records show that Nash met the Studio Schools Trust (SST) in March, with the purpose of the meeting listed as being “to review the […]

South London’s controversial Durand Academy will have its funding agreement terminated and be handed to a new sponsor in 12 months, the head of the Education Funding Agency has said. Peter Lauener, the EFA’s chief executive, has written to Sir Greg Martin, chair of the Durand Academy Trust, to confirm that its funding will be […]

Schools will be given the right to appeal against GCSE and A-level results if they suspect a marking error, Ofqual has announced today. The exams regulator changed the rules in recent years so that schools could only appeal a exam result if they felt exam boards had not properly followed procedures. Schools could not appeal […]

A £200,000 investment in mental health training for school staff will train just 1,000 teachers and only cover the first year of the programme, the government has admitted after making a mistake with its figures. The Department of Health and Downing Street had originally said that the £200,000 allocated by the prime minister for mental health […]