DCMS appoints new NEDs amid abolition rumours
06 May Education
DCMS appoints new NEDs amid abolition rumours
Report claims department’s operations will be split between HM Treasury, DfE and DBT next month
DfE director general set to become council chief exec
24 Apr Education
DfE director general set to become council chief exec
John Edwards will join two other former senior civil servants running South Yorkshire authorities
DfE seeks chief scientific adviser
14 Apr Education
DfE seeks chief scientific adviser
Department looking for "inclusive and collaborative leader who can work across disciplines to deliver results”
Government estate shrinks as MoD rationalises its property portolio
17 Feb Education
Government estate shrinks as MoD rationalises its property portolio
Office and jobcentre closures have also contributed to reduction in government buildings
Ofqual appoints permanent chief after more than a year
10 Feb Education
Ofqual appoints permanent chief after more than a year
Interim chief regulator Sir Ian Bauckham will stay on after 13 months in the temporary post
Education secretary shakes up Ofsted inspections
02 Sep 2024 Education
Education secretary shakes up Ofsted inspections
Phillipson scraps single headline grades with immediate effect and announces 12-month plan to introduce new approach
Five departments make list of top 100 apprenticeships employers
12 Aug 2024 Education
Five departments make list of top 100 apprenticeships employers
HMRC returns to list following apprenticeships fiasco
Former Co-op chief to lead new DfE body Skills England
22 Jul 2024 Education
Former Co-op chief to lead new DfE body Skills England
Richard Pennycook, lead NED at the Department for Education, will work to set up Skills England in shadow form
New powers and function transfers: Four reforms you may have missed in the King’s Speech
19 Jul 2024 Education
New powers and function transfers: Four reforms you may have missed in the King’s Speech
ICO to get more powers as IfATE set to lose some functions – and other reforms in the King's Speech
Starmer sets up child poverty unit in the Cabinet Office
18 Jul 2024 Education
Starmer sets up child poverty unit in the Cabinet Office
PM also appoints education and work and pensions secretaries to lead a child poverty ministerial taskforce
Patrick Vallance made science minister as Starmer calls in external experts
08 Jul 2024 Education
Patrick Vallance made science minister as Starmer calls in external experts
Former chief scientific adviser joins ministerial team alongside James Timpson and international law expert Richard Hermer KC
Sustained investment needed to build generalist skills in the civil service, study warns
24 Jun 2024 Education
Sustained investment needed to build generalist skills in the civil service, study warns
Researchers warn UK is not doing enough to build general public administration skills among officials, and call for better collaboration between government and academia to create courses for officials
Progress on levelling up 'glacial', think tank says
19 Jun 2024 Education
Progress on levelling up 'glacial', think tank says
Next government must be "decisive" if it wants to meet aims of levelling up white paper by 2030, IFS warns
Unprotected departments face cuts of up to 2.9% under Labour's plan – IFS
13 Jun 2024 Education
Unprotected departments face cuts of up to 2.9% under Labour's plan – IFS
Institute for Fiscal Studies director warns Labour's plans offer no explanation of how party would deliver the “genuine change” it is calling for
General election round-up: Fiscal fisticuffs, a DWP shake-up and a £1bn boost for HMRC
07 Jun 2024 Education
General election round-up: Fiscal fisticuffs, a DWP shake-up and a £1bn boost for HMRC
Civil Service World looks at what the main parties have said this week – and the impact for the civil service
Free childcare expansion 'feasible', DfE says amid concern over provision of places
05 Apr 2024 Education
Free childcare expansion 'feasible', DfE says amid concern over provision of places
But a potential shortfall of childcare places is a risk to the reforms, according to perm sec Susan Acland-Hood
Education secretary urged to retract comment about 'punching' Ofsted inspectors
18 Mar 2024 Education
Education secretary urged to retract comment about 'punching' Ofsted inspectors
Union says minister's comments "serve to further stoke division between inspectors and school leaders"
Ofqual chair named as interim replacement for Jo Saxton
02 Nov 2023 Education
Ofqual chair named as interim replacement for Jo Saxton
Ian Bauckham will serve as chief regulator at qualifications watchdog from January
Ofqual might not get permanent chief until 2025, education secretary warns
20 Oct 2023 Education
Ofqual might not get permanent chief until 2025, education secretary warns
Gillian Keegan tells MPs she plans to appoint an interim replacement for Jo Saxton for up to a year
Martyn Oliver confirmed as next Ofsted chief inspector
16 Oct 2023 Education
Martyn Oliver confirmed as next Ofsted chief inspector
Academy trust leader has pledged to champion children and make Ofsted more compassionate
DfE apologises over £270m schools-funding error
09 Oct 2023 Education
DfE apologises over £270m schools-funding error
Education secretary orders review of assurance process as schools forced to recalculate budgets
HS2 and A-levels scrapped: All of Sunak's Conservative conference announcements
05 Oct 2023 Education
HS2 and A-levels scrapped: All of Sunak's Conservative conference announcements
PM promises "better transport connections in the north" as he scraps Manchester leg of HS2 rail link
Ofqual chief regulator steps down to head up UCAS
27 Sep 2023 Education
Ofqual chief regulator steps down to head up UCAS
Jo Saxton leaves for university applications body after just two years in the role
NI perm secs told to begin consultation on cash-raising measures
21 Sep 2023 Education
NI perm secs told to begin consultation on cash-raising measures
Move follows secretary of state’s imposition of £14.2bn budget amid Stormont power vacuum