Education Secretary

750 schools across England have been named in a breakfast club pilot scheme

750 schools named for free breakfast clubs pilot - full list

Michaela School headmistress Katharine Birbalsingh (left) hit out at Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson after a recent meeting

Why a top headteacher has slammed Education Secretary over academies

Education Secretary Gillian Keegan has claimed that children "prefer" learning in temporary clasrooms after scores of schools across England were forced to fully or partially close due to the collapse-risk concrete material RAAC being identified on site. (Credit: Getty Images)

RAAC: Pupils 'prefer' learning in Portakabins, claims Gillian Keegan

Gillian Keegan was appointed Education Secretary by Rishi Sunak. Credit: Getty Images

Explainer Gillian Keegan caught swearing over RAAC crisis - who is she?

Education Secretary Gillian Keegan. Credit: Getty

'We're doing a f*****g good job': Keegan bullish over schools crisis

More than 100 schools and colleges have been told to fully or partially shut

Keegan: no 'return to the dark days' of pandemic style home learning

The education secretary has warned A-level students that they should expect lower grades this year

Education secretary warns A-level students over lower grades

Schools across England will face major disruption today as teachers strike over pay (Photo: Getty Images)

Back to school - teachers strikes finally over

Ruth Perry was the headteacher at Caversham Primary School (Photo: Brighter Futures for Children)

Ofsted changes being considered after death of headteacher

Gavin Williamson attends the opening day of the annual Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham in October 2022 (Photo: OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)

Why was ‘worst education secretary’ Sir Gavin Williamson knighted?

Education Secretary to meet teaching union leaders to avoid strikes

Schools in England and Wales could be forced to close if teachers vote to take industrial action. Credit: Kim Mogg / NationalWorld

Most schools in England and Wales to close as teachers vote to strike

Workers will take action on one of the biggest walkouts on the same day (Photo: Getty Images)

Royal Mail and teaching staff begin fresh wave of strikes over pay

Gavin Williamson resigned as Minister of State Without a Portfolio on 8 November (Pic: Getty Images)

How did Gavin Williamson get into politics? As minister resigns again

Exclusive: 59% of Liz Truss’ new cabinet went to private schools

James Cleverly arrives at the Cabinet Office on Whitehall in March 2020 (Photo: DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images)

James Cleverly: who is Braintree MP named new Education Secretary?

Will Quince speaks at a roundtable hosted by Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge to mark the release of new research from the Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood (Pic: POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Will Quince returns as Children’s Minister after quitting cabinet
Will Quince has rejoined Boris Johnson’s reshuffled cabinet alongside James Cleverly as Education Secretary
Sarah McCann

The new qualification will teach pupils how to protect the plant (Photo: Getty Images)

New climate change GCSE will teach pupils how to protect the planet

Student loan changes: repayment threshold and interest rates explained

The Government white paper, called Opportunity for All, sets out what schools must do to help children reach certain attainment levels by the end of primary and secondary school.

Nadhim Zahawi announces new plan for schools in Government white paper

No ‘urgency’ given to a system ‘in crisis’ despite SEND green paper

A blanket ban on mobile phones in English schools ditched in Government U-turn (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

Blanket ban on phones in English schools ditched in government U-turn

Face masks no longer have to be worn in school classrooms in England (Photo: Getty Images)

PM tells schools to ditch face masks as face-to-face teaching ‘vital’

Ministers waiting to decide if tighter measures needed in England

Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi speaking in the House of Commons about the Arthur Labinjo-Hughes case.

Arthur Labinjo-Hughes: Nadhim Zahawi says UK is ‘distraught’ over case

Education reforms are to be delayed by a year after criticism over plans to cut funding for BTECs, the Government has announced (Graphic: Mark Hall/JPIMedia)

Education think tanks ‘welcome’ the Government’s delay to reform plans

Who is the new Education Secretary, Nadhim Zahawi MP?

Students at the London Academy of Excellence Tottenham (LAET) embrace after receiving their A-Level results as Gavin Williamson calls for exam return in 2022 (Getty)

How will A Levels be graded in 2022?
Education secretary Gavin Williamson is expected to be axed in a Cabinet reshuffle later this year after criticism from Tory MPS over missteps during the pandemic
Carly Roberts

Education Secretary Gavin Williamson giving evidence to MPs on the Education Committee (Photo: PA)

Unis that don’t offer in-person teaching should not charge full fees

Students will no longer have to self isolate if someone from their bubble tests positive for the virus (Photo: Anthony Devlin/Getty Images)

When school bubbles in England will come to an end

Children’s Commissioner for England, Dame Rachel de Souza, said that she supported Williamson’s plan to formally ban smartphones in schools (Photo: PATRICK HERTZOG/AFP via Getty Images)

‘Distracting and damaging’ mobile phones could be banned in schools from January

Education Secretary Gavin Williamson wants to see disruption to education minimised (Getty Images)

Here's when school bubbles will be scrapped to keep children in classrooms

Government to consider full mobile phone ban in schools as part of behaviour consultation (Photo: TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty Images)

Government to consider full mobile phone ban in schools

Gavin Williamson has branded the move to take down the Queen's portrait as absurd (WPA Pool/Getty)

Oxford students vote to remove Queen’s picture as she is ‘colonial symbol’