Gary Gibbon
David Cameron profile: Gary Gibbon speaks to the Conservative leader
If he did get back in, what sort of David Cameron would we see? The long gone husky-cuddling eco-warrior won’t make a reappearance presumably.
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First new grammar school for 50 years given go-ahead
Education Secretary Nicky Morgan approves a new 450-pupil selective school in Sevenoaks. Defence Minister and local MP Michael Fallon says he’s “thrilled”, but are grammar schools on the way back?
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Gary Gibbon
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Gary Gibbon
Conservative manifesto: sober, but with some cross-dressing
The Tories wanted to play what they see as their good management card at today’s manifesto launch. But their plans still contain some smoke and mirrors.
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Gary Gibbon
Dancing to the tune of a tuition fee cut
Even sceptics acknowledge that reaction they’ve seen among young voters to the tuition fee reduction announcement is stunning.
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Gary Gibbon
Labour’s £400 maintenance grant sweetener
As well as cutting tuition fees by a third, a Labour government would give students an extra £400 a year for their maintenance grant.
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Cameron: Neets must do unpaid work for benefits
Young people out of work, education or training for more than six months could be made to do unpaid community work to get their benefits, Prime Minister David Cameron says.
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FactCheck: the truth about education cuts
The Conservatives say they are protecting the schools budget. Critics say there will a real-terms cut under the Tories. FactCheck checks the arithmetic.
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Labour and the Tories draw the battle lines over education
Shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt says people “will be shocked” that the Tories “would cut schools budget”. Schools minister Nick Gibb says he “doesn’t understand” why Hunt opposes academies.
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Have academy schools been a success?
The Conservatives promise to turn thousands more schools into academies. But how many have been success stories so far? This debate looks set to become a key election battleground.
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Cameron: spending per pupil will not rise in real terms
David Cameron says spending per pupil in England will rise in cash terms if the Conservatives win the next election, but will not keep up with inflation.
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Have Gove’s education measures been ‘watered down?’
Cathy Newman tests education minister Nick Gibb on his numeracy, after Nicky Morgan proposed new measures for schoolchildren. He denies that plans for more rigorous testing have been “watered down”.
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League tables show poor performance – but does it matter?
Changes made to exams mean schools are tripped up as they try to achieve a decent league table position, headteachers warn, as the number of secondaries considered under-performing doubles in a year.
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University students top 500,000 for first time
The number of students going to university reaches record levels, although there are still big gaps between men and women alongside regional disparity.
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Private schools ‘should be forced to share’
Labour’s Tristram Hunt says private schools should not get tax breaks unless they do more to help state schools out.
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Muslim faith schools ‘may be vulnerable to radicalisation’
Exclusive: pupils at six independent Muslim faith schools in east London may be vulnerable to extremist influences and radicalisation, an Ofsted inspection finds.
