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Wearing the same blue and green school tie as them, Boris Johnson addressed a group of children last week and said: ‘Education is the great equaliser. It’s the liberator. It’s the transformer of society. And it’s the single most important way in which we can unite and level up across this whole country, and deliver … Read more
Boris Johnson fired the top civil servant at the Department for Education today saying ‘fresh official leadership’ was needed after the A-Level and GCSE exam fiasco. Jonathan Slater will step down on September 1, it was announced today, the day after Ofqual chief executive Sally Collier resigned from her post int he wake of the … Read more
Gavin Williamson is in the running to be named MP of the Year despite widespread demands for him to quit over this year’s exams fiasco. The Education Secretary has been nominated in the People’s Choice category of the awards run by non-partisan organisation the Patchwork Foundation. He has been nomination by the public in a … Read more
An Education Minister was under fire last night for enjoying a holiday in the French Alps while teenagers in Britain went ‘through hell’ over their exam grades. The Mail on Sunday can reveal that as students worried over their futures, Gillian Keegan enjoyed hiking trips, mountain biking and dips in a mountain lake – and boasted … Read more
Top civil servant at Department for Education ‘is facing axe’ over series of school disasters Jonathan Slater has been permanent secretary at the department for four years Ministers are concerned about failure to reopen schools and exam grading The Government has denied that Slater will be leaving his post despite concerns By Claire Ellicot Political … Read more
The exam regulator Ofqual is run by a former journalist who flunked his A-Levels and a career civil servant who had no experience in education before taking up her post. Roger Taylor was the senior figure who first apologised for the A-Level fiasco yesterday. But the Ofqual chairman did not mention that he too suffered … Read more
A jazz-loving ex-journalist who flunked his A-Levels and a career civil servant with no previous education experience: Calls for six-figure figures behind Ofqual exams shambles to quit Chairman Roger Taylor is a former journalist turned medical businessman Sally Collier is a career civil service but had not worked in education before Both were appointed in … Read more
Universities were frantically trying to unravel the Government’s exams U-turn last night as experts warned that 55,000 students might now try to switch back to institutions that rejected them. The industry’s main umbrella body said universities were seeking ‘urgent clarification’ on how to accommodate students they had earlier refused because of A-level results downgrades. Ministers last … Read more
Gavin Williamson was branded a ‘lame duck’ Education Secretary last night as senior Tories urged him to quit over the exams fiasco. MPs believe he will ultimately get the boot when the Prime Minister reshuffles his Cabinet this autumn. But former ministers insisted he should go now, saying his position was ‘completely untenable’. One added: … Read more
Stormzy’s charitable organisation – the #Merky Foundation – has pledged £500,000 to fund further or higher education for young people from underprivileged backgrounds. The pledge is part of the #Merky Foundation’s £10 million fund to tackle racial inequality and injustice, which was announced in June. The Black Heart Foundation’s Each Day. Every Day campaign will be the … Read more