Gary Gibbon
Making sense of Boris
Boris Johnson stands ready to parachute into a safe seat soon after the 2015 election if David Cameron fails to stay in power and is then ready to run for the Tory leadership in opposition.
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Gary Gibbon
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Branded school uniforms: sense of pride or unwanted expense?
As schools are told to avoid branded uniforms, Channel 4 News asks if uniforms are still seen a sign of identity or an unwelcome expense for hard-pressed parents.
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FactCheck: are free schools failing to open in areas of need?
Has the government’s revolutionary free schools movement failed by opening schools where there is already a surplus of places? FactCheck swots up on the facts.
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‘Desperate shortage’ of primary school places
Almost half of school districts in England will have more primary pupils than places within two years, the Local Government Association says.
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National tests for primary schools could rank pupils
Primary school pupils could be ranked against their peers across the country, under new plans to overhaul schools’ performance measures, being considered by ministers.
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Jackie Long
Schools under pressure for underperforming
Judging comprehensives against fee-paying selective schools is not comparing like with like, as the Chief Inspector should know only too well.
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Major GCSE shake-up will mean tougher exams
GCSEs in England are being reformed, with tougher exams replacing coursework and a new grading structure to tackle “rampant grade inflation”.
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Gove promises ‘more rigorous’ GCSEs
Education Secretary Michael Gove says enough is enough: the time has come to make GCSEs harder. Why is he taking action now and what is going to change?
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Heads have ‘no confidence’ in education policies
Headteachers pass a vote of no confidence in the government’s education policies and say many of Michael Gove’s reforms are “not in the best interests of children”.
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Education secretary clashes with headteachers
Michael Gove faces the wrath of headteachers over the state of the education system, just hours after they passed a vote of no confidence in the government’s school reforms.
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Jamie Oliver on Michael Gove, eating, ranting – and Ukip
Jamie Oliver tells Krishnan Guru-Murthy why he is still “ranting” about school meals, why he disagrees with Michael Gove – and why he is pleased Ukip are “mixing it up” in British politics.
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Michael Crick
When Farage said of Gove: ‘I owe Michael one for that’
Mr Gove is one of the senior Tories Nigel Farage always says he could do business with (in contrast to David Cameron).
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Senior Tories say they would vote to leave EU
As Michael Gove and Phillip Hammond say they would vote to leave the EU, the former head of UK Trade and Investment tells Channel 4 News that political wrangling is deterring overseas investors.
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From Mr Grumpy to Michael Gove – politicians as Mr Men
Education Secretary Michael Gove has hit out at teachers using Mr Men to teach students about the rise of Hitler. So we asked you which Mr Men modern politicians most resemble.
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Michael Gove: ‘We need to tackle immigration’
After the Queen’s speech outlines the government’s plans on immigration, Cathy Newman speaks to the Education Secretary Michael Gove. He says he wants Britain to stay in the European Union.
