Kit Malthouse has been appointed education secretary by new prime minister Liz Truss, becoming the fourth person to hold the role in just over two months.
The North West Hampshire MP has been serving as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in the cabinet since July 7 following prime minister Boris Johnson’s reshuffle.
Malthouse had previously served as a housing minister for a year from July 2018 to July 2019 under Theresa May’s leadership, before being appointed as minister for crime and policing thereafter when Johnson became PM until July this year.
Read the full article in FE Weekly here.
Behind England’s bumper A-level results lie record levels of regional disparities
As England’s A-level results were published on Thursday morning, students across the country were pictured celebrating a bumper crop of results, with record rates of As
Heatwaves and illness take their toll as annual school attendance falls
Attendance rates at England’s schools fell slightly this academic year, new data shows, with this summer’s heatwaves and higher levels of illness playing a part.
Adoption system in ‘crisis’ as shortage leaves children waiting longer in care
Coram is the UK’s longest and oldest serving children’s charity established in 1739. The charity collects data on behalf of the Department for Education and