‘No one will be able to say I hid away in the Ofqual attic’ New exams chief Dr Jo Saxton says she likes a challenge. Just as well, as she faces having to restore confidence in what many see as a shattered system
Academies minister asks top LA schools to ‘share the love’ Baroness Barran speaks to Schools Week in first interview since taking the job
Exams 2022: Ofqual confirms ‘plan B’ details Exams watchdog says schools should ‘guard’ against ‘over-assessment’ of students
EBacc target even further off as entries fall again KS4 data also shows how disadvantage gap has widened according to government’s own metric
Labour’s policies reveal dividing lines are forming Starmer’s conference pledges lack detail, but it would be unfair to expect a fully-developed platform at this stage, writes Tom Richmond
Ministerial portfolios: Who’ll be doing what in the new DfE team We finally know what each of the six ministers will be doing
Labour conference: Your guide to the party’s new education policies The party set out its stall at its annual conference in Brighton
Resist calls to scrap GCSEs and ‘excuse failing standards’, Gibb tells successors Former schools minister issues message to new DfE team in article