Politics

Reform-run Kent council plans £2m school budget raid

Leaders say proposals fly in face of pre-election pledges to identify efficiencies and savings from Musk-style DOGE unit

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
AI

‘Deepfake’ teacher avatar plan to help pupils catch up

Academy trust staff to use AI generator to create videos that look and sound just like them to introduce…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Academies

CEO gender pay gap halves after closing three years in a row

But men still paid £5k more than women, CST study finds

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Ofsted

ASCL joins Ofsted preparation ‘cottage industry’ it once criticised

Watchdog urges schools not to ‘spend limited resources’ on preparing for inspection after union launches paid-for webinars

John Dickens
John Dickens
Phonics

Disadvantaged pupils see drop in phonics results

Pupils with SEN also less likely to meet ‘expected standard’, as overall progress since the pandemic plateaus

Ruth Lucas
Ruth Lucas
Turing Scheme

‘Alarm’ as two-thirds of schools’ Turing Scheme bids snubbed

Ministers told to better support schools through foreign trips scheme as acceptance rate drops from 90% to 30%

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson


News

Conservatives propose exclusion ‘presumption’ for violent pupils

Shadow education secretary also says her party would make alternative provision ‘independent’ of councils and stop unregistered settings

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Teacher training

DfE swings axe on teacher training bursaries after recruitment pick-up

Cuts revealed for teacher training incentives in English, maths, biology, geography music, and languages – despite Labour’s recruitment pledge

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
News

‘It’s too late to do anything’: How Williamson responded to Covid grade concerns

United Learning CEO Sir Jon Coles reveals education secretary’s response to concerns over 2020’s algorithm grades plan

Ruth Lucas
Ruth Lucas
Ofsted

‘No real subject inspection left’: Spielman slams Ofsted reforms

Report cards will ‘take out everything that amounts to a serious review of what’s taught and how it’s taught’,…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Movers and Shakers

Matt Hood to lead new health reforms ‘delivery unit’

Oak National Academy founder to run new team under health secretary Wes Streeting to cut hospital waiting times and…

John Dickens
John Dickens
SEND

‘Best practice’ guidance promised for SEN units

National Children’s Bureau will deliver review on how mainstream schools can set up SEN units as part of government’s…

Ruth Lucas
Ruth Lucas