The Latest Breaking News from the Department for Education

School buildings closed at the 11th hour, banned knives banned again and a new job for Shapps? Clearly it’s time for an intervention, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

There is leaving work on Friday afternoon to your future Monday morning self, and then there is the Department for Education. Days before students are set to return to classrooms, it has been half-announced that more than 100 schools and colleges must partially or fully close buildings over fears they…

Students and teachers at dozens of schools in England will need to be moved off site – with schools told to foot bill for alternative spaces

Some local branches to defy teaching unions’ advice to accept deal over recruitment concerns

The first T-level courses were launched by the Government in September 2020 as technical alternatives to A-levels.

State schools will now have until September 2024 to meet minimum school week expectation due to ‘pressures’, the Department for Education said.

They have called for an 'open and honest' conversation about the curriculum

A row over public access to the playing fields has been going on for years

Government does not have sufficient information to manage ‘critical’ risks to the safety of pupils and staff from deteriorating school buildings condition