“Hamid Patel has been appointed as the new head of England’s education department.”
What FACTLY found
We found no reports confirming that a person named Yusuf Patel was appointed as the UK’s Minister of Education in March 2025. The person in the viral post is Hamid Patel, who has been appointed as the interim chairman of Ofsted, the UK’s education watchdog, not as the head of England’s education department. Ofsted is a non-ministerial body responsible for inspecting educational institutions. The Department for Education (DfE) oversees education in England, and Bridget Phillipson has been the ...
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 15 March 2025. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 19 March 2025, 4 days later. Its rating was “MISLEADING”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid02gVtDETg43vVy1dLYzwBqFhMvdrEe9mn5…
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This check was done by FACTLY, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.