Education

New hiring and promotion framework based on questionable premise says former MoD, DETR and DWP chief

Perm sec Jonathan Slater has instructed his head statistician to work with DfE's comms and policy teams to ensure its stats “meet the highest standards of trustworthiness, quality and value”

Fraud is estimated to cost the UK government £73.6m per year

Education secretary Damian Hinds has been rapped by the government's statistics watchdog over a string of claims about school funding and performance.

The Institute for Apprenticeships was 'playing catch-up for the mistakes the department made before it was created', MPs said

Teachers’ groups say the DfE's claim the UK is among the world's top spenders on education disguises funding cuts

“We may need to do more to ensure that the levy supports the development of the skilled workforce our economy needs,” chancellor Philip Hammond said

Outsourcing firm now owns 75% of flagship 'mutual' civil service pensions administrator

Government Economic Service unveils four-year degree-level apprenticeship programme

The civil service values two types of knowledge, writes former senior civil servant Andrew Greenway, and understanding of policy is trumped by the skill of navigating Whitehall itself

Sir David Normington says move will be vital to keep tabs on unskilled migrant workers and blasts government’s current immigration targets

Report says watchdog Ofsted’s approach must be reviewed after 52% real-terms funding cuts prompt ‘narrow focus’ on cost of inspection