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20 April 2026

Author: Freddie Whittaker

Schools won’t have budgets cut under funding formula, Greening confirms

The government remains committed to ensuring that no school loses money under the new national funding formula, the education secretary Justine Greening has said. Speaking in parliament today, Greening indicated that her department would continue with its plans for a per-pupil funding floor in the formula – something that was promised in the Conservative Party’s […]

May gives 拢67 per teacher for mental health training

A commitment to train secondary teachers to identify and deal with mental health problems in pupils will be funded by the government at a rate of just £67 per head. Funding totalling £200,000 has been allocated by the prime minister Theresa May for the first round of mental health “first aid” training, which the government […]

Meet the teachers elected as MPs

A new generation of teachers-turned-MPs have vowed to fight school funding cuts after an election which saw education issues rise up the agenda. At least half a dozen former teachers and teaching assistants, many of whom campaigned specifically on education issues including school funding cuts, were elected to parliament for the first time in Thursday’s […]

Purdah is over, but it has paralysed DfE for 6 months in 2 years

The government has been affected by pre-election rules preventing civil servants from talking to the press for more than 25 weeks in just over two years, Schools Week analysis shows. The so-called purdah period which covered this year’s general election campaign is now over, lifting restrictions on government press releases and the signing of school […]

Minister expected to oversee relationships education reform opposed same-sex marriage

The new minister expected to be in charge of reforms to sex and relationships education opposes same-sex marriage and voted against its legalisation, it has emerged. Robert Goodwill, who has been appointed as children and families minister at the Department for Education, was one of 136 Conservative MPs who voted against the government’s same-sex marriage legislation […]

Ofsted reveals plan to give schools up to 15 days’ notice of inspections

Schools could be given up to 15 days to prepare for follow-up Ofsted visits under proposed changes to new short inspections. The watchdog has launched a consultation on proposals to shake-up the short inspection model, which was launched in September 2015 and involves one to two-day-long inspections for schools previously rated as good. It follows […]

Two new education ministers in May reshuffle

Anne Milton and Robert Goodwill have been appointed as new ministers at the Department for Education in the ongoing reshuffle. Milton, MP for Guildford and a former health minister, will take the skills and apprenticeships brief previously held by Robert Halfon, who was sacked by Theresa May yesterday. Goodwill, who represents Scarborough and Whitby and […]