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Former education secretary calls for weekly naming and shaming of civil servants working on big projects, but union for senior officials says his intervention is "more about resurrecting his career as a columnist"
Extra training for communications staff comes after stats watchdog said the DfE had tweeted a "misleading" claim on grammar schools
UK Statistics Authority says DfE's now-deleted grammar schools claim was based on incomparable data
Staff responses signal across-the-board plunge on all key measures, and make department Whitehall’s lowest employee-engagement performer
Figures from mid-point of the applications window, highlighted by the Social Mobility Commission, suggest applications from working class candidates have risen sharply
Independence fears prompt U-turn as Children and Social Work Bill enters report stage in House of Lords
"We do not require wider education legislation in this session to make progress on our ambitious education agenda," says education secretary
Government equality watchdog workers set to stage one-day protest over budget cuts and compulsory redundancies
Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development says collaboration deal will “professionalise and upskill” human-resources staff against the backdrop of Brexit
Application window opens for 2017 recruitment programme targeting more candidates from working-class backgrounds
There's a wealth of data out there on student engagement, says Emilie Sundorph of the Reform think tank – measuring it should be a compulsory part of the government's new Teaching Excellence Framework
Department urged to ensure that "drive to deliver greater numbers" is not "delivered at the expense of delivering maximum value"
David Hoare steps down after saying the Isle of Wight suffered from a "mass" of crime, drug and unemployment problems
Caroline Normand set to join Which?, while other moves see the government name Lowell Goddard’s abuse inquiry replacement and Charlie Bean lined up for the Budget Responsibility Committee
MPs call on Department for Communities and Local Government, Department for Work and Pensions and Department for Education to develop new inclusion programmes particularly targeting women
Around 100 higher and further education staff are set to move over to the Department for Education – but the PCS union warns that many jobs are still at risk
Policy Exchange proposes “turbo charged” devolution of Whitehall functions to councils and city regions over the next five years
Vice-chancellor of Sheffield Hallam University to lead body that will grade higher education institutions on the quality of their teaching
DfE says introduction of the new Schools Funding Formula will now start in 2018-19 to allow for further consultation
Sir Andrew Cahn says seismic shifts in departmental structures risk significantly delaying crucial post-EU referendum policy work.
While some civil servants are tech savvy, others lack the skills to embrace 21st-century ways of working. How can this be addressed? Mark Smulian reports on a recent CSW round table discussing digital transformation
Education committee says Amanda Spielman "responses on child protection were particularly troubling"
As Sir Michael Wilshaw approaches the end of his tenure as head of education inspectorate Ofsted, he looks back on his time in post and vents his concerns about a worrying lack of leadership in schools
Former Department for Education HEO Edward Chapman sentenced to three years and four months in jail after admitting £1m fraud and obtaining money by deception – as department says it is seeking to "recover the misappropriated funds in full"