A leaked internal DfE document seen by the Mirror said: “The current advice is that all RAAC, regardless of the risk rating, should be taken out of use and all mitigations should be implemented immediately.

Source: https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/black-country/schools-colleges-nurseries-ordered-shut-27630023

But Mr Whiteman told PA: 'Frankly the guidance provided to headteachers by the DfE yesterday is at best naive.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11643757/Train-drivers-strike-February-1-3-Aslef-union-rejects-pay-offer.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

Decisions around academisation, re-brokering to a new academy, what constitutes a new school and legacy judgements, are made by the DfE.”

Source: https://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/23532201.ofsted-slammed-essex-national-education-union-boss/?ref=rss

Department for Education (DfE) figures show disadvantaged children in secondary schools received an average score of 33 out of 90 points for ‘Attainment 8’ in 2022-23, while their peers achieved a much higher score of 50.1.

Source: https://www.chad.co.uk/education/nottinghamshire-disadvantaged-pupils-fall-further-behind-their-peers-at-gcse-following-pandemic-4388375

Gillian Keegan says £34m revamp of DfE headquarters had ‘nothing to do with me’

Source: https://www.expressandstar.com/news/uk-news/2023/09/06/gillian-keegan-says-34m-revamp-of-dfe-headquarters-had-nothing-to-do-with-me/

He told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “What she was trying to get across is the huge amount of work that the DfE has done.

Source: https://www.alloaadvertiser.com/news/national/23768457.sunak-rejected-funding-request-fix-crumbling-schools-minister-says/?ref=rss

“I emailed the DfE straight away but they just said they’d get back to me.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/sep/30/it-felt-like-a-dictatorship-uk-teaching-experts-hit-out-at-government-bid-to-cancel-them

In the DfE, that would mean a reduction in civil-service traineeships and "skills boot camps", he added.

Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-66192118?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

She said: “At the DfE we recognise that the launch of your new Family Safeguarding service is a fantastic opportunity for Bury and getting to the point of implementation is a major celebration for Bury.”

Source: https://www.burytimes.co.uk/news/23865515.burys-model-reduce-number-children-going-care/?ref=rss

The Department for (DfE) has published its long-awaited draft guidance for schools and colleges on how best to support pupils questioning their gender.

Source: https://www.centralfifetimes.com/news/national/uk-today/23999708.english-teachers-not-accept-gender-requests/?ref=rss

The Department for Education (DfE) has funded the costs, with headteacher Louise Robinson saying it was "wonderful" to be given the news that they could reopen.

Source: https://www.essexlive.news/news/essex-news/kingsdown-school-southend-can-reopen-8736738

The Department for Education (DfE) said it wanted "formal talks on pay, conditions and reform", ahead of the latest strike days - but only if the NEU called them off.

Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-63283289?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

The Department for Education (DfE) sought to dampen some of the anger by altering guidance to confirm that the cost of temporary and emergency accommodation will in fact be covered by the Government.

Source: https://www.penarthtimes.co.uk/news/national/23760390.schools-told-close-classrooms-collapse-risk-concrete/?ref=rss

The issue was related to the building’s “structural integrity” – which “weakens its ability to withstand adverse events such as very high winds or significant snowfall,” according to the DfE.

Source: https://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/education/recently-built-school-in-northampton-set-to-be-demolished-and-rebuilt-due-to-poor-workmanship-4433422

"We have put mitigations in place during the Easter holidays to ensure the hall can be used safely and this has been verified by the DfE and independently by structural surveyors.

Source: https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/three-surrey-schools-named-raac-27663482