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Free childcare crisis as surge in demand leaves Labour with funding black hole

Exclusive: Education secretary Bridget Phillipson insists she is unafraid of scheme’s soaraway popularity, describing it as a ‘good problem to have’

The Independent UK

The end of open-plan classrooms: how school design reflects changing ideas in education

The end of open-plan classrooms in New Zealand, recently announced by Education Minister Erica Stanford, marks yet another swing of the pendulum in school design.

The Conversation

Civil rights work is slowing as Trump dismantles the Education Department, agency data shows

Data from the Education Department shows the pace at which it resolves civil rights complaints has slowed as the Trump administration dismantles the agency

The Independent UK

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Trump free to begin gutting Department of Education after Supreme Court ‘shadow’ ruling − 5 essential reads

The Trump administration was given the green light by the Supreme Court on July 14, 2025, to proceed with mass layoffs at the Department of Education – part of a wider plan to dismantle the agency. In doing so, the conservative majority on the bench overruled a lower court judge…

The Conversation

Schools told to judge when it’s appropriate to teach sex education

Teachers can decide to discuss the sharing of naked images or online sexual content if it is affecting their pupils

The Independent UK

Schools told to make sex education ‘stage appropriate’ as age limit plans axed

Primary school teachers can decide to discuss the sharing of naked images or online sexual content if it is affecting their pupils, guidance says.

Evening Standard

Children to be taught how to resist Andrew Tate ‘incel’ culture at school

The new school guidance also stressed the need to avoid 'stigmatising boys for being boys'

The Independent UK

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Will Trump Actually Close the Education Department?

Plus: Cuomo has a hard time taking no for an answer, a pro-party manifesto, Trump's about-face on Ukraine, and more...

Reason

Biden's SAVE Plan Crumbles As Trump Team Ends Relief: 'Short Window' Before Interest Hits 7.7 Million Borrowers, Expert Warns

Student‑loan expert Elaine Rubin warns the 7.7 million borrowers still enrolled in former President Joe Biden's stalled Saving on a Valuable Education plan have "a short window" to act before interest starts piling on their accounts again on August 1.

Benzinga

Trump's Education Department Cuts Cleared By Supreme Court — 1,400 Jobs On The Line

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday lifted a federal judge’s injunction that had blocked the Donald Trump administration from continuing its downsizing of the Department of Education, clearing the path for mass layoffs affecting nearly 1,400 workers and the potential transfer of key functions to other agencies.

Benzinga

Supreme Court Allows Trump To Resume Education Department Dismantling

A divided US Supreme Court gave President Donald Trump the green light on Monday to resume dismantling the Education Department.

International Business Times

Anti-misogyny lessons to be taught in school in a bid to tackle sexism ‘epidemic’

It comes amid the spread of “manosphere” content from influencers like Andrew Tate

The Independent UK

Schools to teach anti-misogyny lessons in bid to tackle ‘manosphere’

The guidance comes as the Department for Education warned that misogynistic attitudes had reached ‘epidemic scale’ among young people.

Evening Standard

How Trump plans to dismantle the Education Department after Supreme Court ruling

The Supreme Court has cleared the way for President Donald Trump to continue unwinding the Education Department

The Independent UK

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Roll Call

Justices allow mass layoffs at Education Department - Roll Call

The Supreme Court on Monday let the administration go ahead with layoffs at the Education Department, stopping a lower court injunction.

Benzinga

Trump Administration Ends Interest Freeze, Linda McMahon Says Biden Used Student Loan Forgiveness To 'Win Votes' (CORRECTED)

Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to correct a typo in the headline.

The Independent UK

Bridget Phillipson’s fury that a vulnerable child was placed in a caravan at cost of £75,000

Exclusive: Education secretary Bridget Phillipson has told The Independent that she wants to end the practice of putting vulnerable children in care into illegal squalid homes

Evening Standard

Government told to fully fund teacher pay rise to prevent school provision cuts

Four education unions have made a ‘united’ call to ministers to provide additional investment to schools for increased staff salaries.

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The Independent UK

‘Unclear’ how Labour’s pledge to recruit 6,500 teachers will address shortages

The Department for Education ‘lacks a coherent plan’, suitable targets and sufficient evidence of what works to improve teachers shortages, MPs say.

The Independent UK

Education secretary reveals the books that spurred her to read

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The Independent UK

From Sherlock Holmes to Poirot, Bridget Phillipson reveals the books which inspired her to read growing up

Exclusive: The education secretary has written for The Independent about the books that inspired her growing up and the joy of reading to her own children as she declares 2026 as National Reading Year

The Independent UK

Near-Dickensian poverty levels for some children in England, warns commissioner

A new report noted a range of concerns including lack of access to quality, healthy food and living in cramped and poor conditions.

The Independent UK

Phillipson: Family hubs will give parents freedom to focus on loving children

It comes alongside plans to offer £4,500 to specialist teachers, in a bid to attract staff to nurseries.

Evening Standard

Minister dodges questions on special education for children as Starmer faces new revolt threat by Labour MPs

Education minister Stephen Morgan declined to say if pupils currently getting special educational needs support would continue to get the same level under planned reforms

Evening Standard

Nursery teachers in disadvantaged communities to be offered £4,500 incentive

The Best Start In Life Strategy was being announced on Monday.

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