Michael Gove, the under-fire Education Secretary, has been warned in confidential advice from a leading QC that local authorities have a “fairly strong case” in legal bids to recover costs incurred from cancelled school building programmes.

The academies schools pushed by Education Secretary Michael Gove bear more than a passing resemblance to the grant-maintained schools brought in under Margaret Thatcher, writes Mike Baker.

Education Secretary Michael Gove has insisted there is no rush for schools in England to become academies, after facing criticism over the number of schools coming forward. The issue threatens to cause a rift in the coalition, as Michael Crick reports.

The Education Secretary insists there no is rush for schools in England to become academies, after criticism over the number of schools coming forward.

Prominent atheists such as Richard Dawkins could set up their own ‘free schools’ in England, Education Secretary Michael Gove has said.