Nicola Woolcock

The former education secretary warns that the government’s plan will lead to a narrowing of horizons for working-class children

Dame Siobhain McDonagh says the government’s plan takes power away from schools and will mire ministers in legal challenges

Potential for walkouts later in the year as National Education Union announces a ballot of members

Becky Francis, David Blunkett, Kevan Collins, David Bell and the teaching unions have the cabinet minister’s ear, but what might they be saying?

The education secretary told MPs the bill would create a floor but not a ceiling on teacher salaries

Britain’s ‘strictest head teacher’ says proposed reforms are ‘Marxist’ and that they threaten progress for disadvantaged children

Family, friends and schools contribute towards the cost of private education, a report has found

Julia Waters, the headmaster’s sister, questions the commitment of Sir Martyn Oliver to reforming inspectorate after ‘defensive and complacent’ comments to MPs

National Education Union members are holding schools in Redbridge hostage and damaging pupils’ education, claim increasingly angry parents

A study shows the class gap in work experience is widening and that many posts are never advertised