Education Secretary

The Government plans to withdraw Strategic Priorities Grant funding from journalism, media studies and publishing courses this year

Why the Government needs to 'save quality journalism education' Amber Allott

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

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

Breaking Back to school - teachers strikes finally over

NEU members are set to go on strike for two days this week over an ongoing dispute over pay with the government. (Photo by Hesther Ng/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Teachers to walk out for 2 days this week

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

Ofsted changes being considered after death of headteacher

"The Chancellor gave his Spring Statement to the House, which cuts taxes for hardworking people and businesses across Hartlepool."

JILL MORTIMER: The cut to personal taxes will turbocharge our economic growth

Huge shake-up to student loan payments to hit millions of young people

We take a look at the current Covid-19 restrictions across the UK. Picture: PA.

The Covid-19 restrictions across the UK in 2022

Ministers to review Omicron data to decide if tighter measures will be needed in England (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Ministers to review Omicron data to decide if tighter measures will be needed in...

Education Secretary Gavin Williamson speaking to MPs in the House of Commons in London on easing coronavirus restrictions in education settings. Picture date: Tuesday July 6, 2021.

School ‘bubbles’ to end to prevent further disruption to education

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

School mobile phone bans considered in behaviour consultation (Photo: TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty Images)

School mobile phone bans considered in behaviour consultation

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 portrait as she is ‘colonial symbol’

Education Secretary Gavin Wiliamson has not ruled out longer school days for children (Photo: Getty Images)

School days could be made longer and holidays shortened to help children catch u...

A 'free speech champion' could be appointed at universities - but what does it mean? (Photo: Shutterstock)

A 'free speech champion' could be appointed at universities - but what does it m...

Primary and secondary schools across England are currently closed due to Covid-19, with the exception of children of key workers and vulnerable children (Photo: Oli Scarff/AFP/Getty Images)

Schools in England should get 2 weeks’ notice before reopening - the current est... Helen Johnson

Teachers are ‘top priority’ in phase two for Covid jab - as expert advises staff...

Primary school teachers to self-test for Covid from next week - with plans for p...

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GCSE, A Levels and SATs exams in England will be replaced by teacher assessments...

Primary schools in these areas of England are not expected to reopen next week

Some primary and secondary schools in England won’t reopen next week - the lates...

With children being sent home from school due to cases of Coronavirus, what should parents do if their children are sent home because somebody else has tested positive? (Photo by OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)

Here’s what parents should do if their child is sent home from school due to cor...

Education Secretary Gavin Williamson has announced that face coverings will be mandatory in schools where lockdown measures are stricter than other parts of England. Photo: PA.

U-turn on advice for pupils wearing face coverings

People take part in a peaceful protest in Parliament Square, London, in response to the downgrading of A-level results. Credit: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire

MIKE HILL: Education Secretary’s apology for results fiasco rings hollow

Gavin Williamson, the Education Secretary for England, has been in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons recently, following the disastrous way in which A level results were handled by the government this year (Photo: Peter Summers/Getty Images)

Education Secretary Gavin Williamson has been called to resign over the A levels...

Pupils can be awarded their school or college estimated grade (Photo: Shutterstock)

How the U-turn on A level results has impacted university applications - and wha...

Education Secretary Gavin Williamson delivers a briefing from Downing Street on Thursday, July 2.

Education Secretary sets out plans for reopening of schools in September
Gavin Williamson delivered a Downing Street press conference on the day he has outlined plans for the reopening of schools in September.
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Secretary of State for Education Gavin Williamson during a media briefing in Downing Street, London, on coronavirus (COVID-19). Photo: PA Video/PA Wire

What we learned from the latest Downing Street coronavirus briefing

MPs from across the North East have signed a joint letter to the Education Secretary. (From top left) Ian Lavery, Wansbeck, Emma Lewell-Buck, South Shields, Mike Hill Hartlepool and Kate Osborne, Jarrow.

North East MPs call on Government to halt plans for reopening of schools

Education Secretary Gavin Williamson during a media briefing in Downing Street, London, on coronavirus (COVID-19). Pictur eby Pippa Fowles/10 Downing Street/Crown Copyright/PA Wire

This is what we have learned today about when schools will reopen

Education Secretary Damian Hinds.

Â£24million fund launched to improve opportunities for young people in North Eas...

Hartlepool teacher Christine Palmer.

Hartlepool teacher meets the Prime Minister at Downing Street reception

Improving schools in the North of England should be a priority for the new Education Secretary, it has been suggested.

Too many children in the North 'not getting the education they need'

Promises are being dropped

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