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Robin Walker: 9 facts about the new schools minister

Robin Walker has confirmed he is the new schools minister. He replaces Nick Gibb who was sacked yesterday after serving at the Department for Education for around nine of the last 11 years. Here’s what you need to know about Walker… 1. Walker, aged 43, was appointed as Northern Ireland Office minister in February 2020. […]

NTP was a rough ride (and January didn’t help), says Francis

Running the government’s flagship National Tutoring Programme (NTP) for its inaugural year was “a bit bumpier” than expected, but there are no regrets, says Professor Becky Francis. The chief executive of the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) said “serious disruption” caused by Covid impacted the scheme. Although the programme met its 250,000-pupil enrolment target, just 205,538 […]