This week, Timothy asked Bridget Phillipson to praise the head of a top-performing UK state school. A pretty simple task you’d think. Wrong. Phillipson steamed like a recently boiled kettle and ...

Hence the Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson's astonishing admission ... at least 15 schools in the process of closing, on top of eight already gone. That is just the start.

Bridget Phillipson has used her time as education secretary so far ... The money is intended for pupils, not to go into the pockets of top people. The argument that senior school leaders, like ...

Education secretary Bridget Phillipson has put her weight behind the launch of a new website to help parents teach their children the basics to get them ready to start primary school. The new ...

Bridget Phillipson suggested there were not enough ... Sir Keir’s Cabinet is split on the Bill, with seven of his top team including Ed Miliband, the Energy Secretary, and Lisa Nandy, the ...

Just as Chancellor Rachel Reeves was planning to stick on her dinner lady apron to serve up free breakfasts to an entire nation of schoolkids, Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson was said to ...

The government is spending £1.4 billion this year on urgently improving the condition of school buildings - some of which ...

Today this government is getting on and delivering the change we promised to families up and down the country, rolling out top-quality childcare with two key goals: to improve children’s ...

Bridget Phillipson has accused private schools of “crying wolf” over the imposition of VAT on fees. Independent schools warned that thousands of parents would be unable to afford the increased ...

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson says negotiations are still underway with the US over an economic deal but says the Government will take a 'calm and pragmatic approach' to the worldwide tariffs ...