Politics Exclusive 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 5h Jack Dyson 5h AI Exclusive ‘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 5h Freddie Whittaker 5h 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 10h Jack Dyson 10h Ofsted Exclusive 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 18h John Dickens 18h 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 23h Ruth Lucas 23h Turing Scheme Exclusive ‘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 2d Jack Dyson 2d 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 3d Freddie Whittaker 3d 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 3d Lydia Chantler-Hicks 3d 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 4d Ruth Lucas 4d 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 4d Freddie Whittaker 4d Movers and Shakers Exclusive 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 4d John Dickens 4d SEND Exclusive ‘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 4d Ruth Lucas 4d 1 2 3 4 5 6 1,001 Older