News Rise in teacher applicants across most subjects, as targets cut 20% Expert says teacher supply problem ‘may finally be coming to end’ with double boost for Labour’s recruitment pledge Lydia Chantler-Hicks 2h Lydia Chantler-Hicks 2h RISE teams 45 more advisers recruited to join ‘best of the best’ RISE teams Four in five of the government’s new school improvement consultants are from the trust sector Jack Dyson 16h Jack Dyson 16h School funding Labour warned over ‘ruinous’ £800m budget shortfall if pay rises unfunded School funding takes centre stage at education questions as Conservative MPs say ‘heads stressed beyond belief’ over budgets Freddie Whittaker 22h Freddie Whittaker 22h News NASUWT re-opens leadership election after legal challenge over Wrack appointment Union had blocked one of its national officers from challenging ex-FBU chief on the grounds that he was not… Freddie Whittaker 1d Freddie Whittaker 1d News STRB recommends teacher pay rise ‘close to 4%’ – reports Leaders say further unfunded pay rises would cause ‘ruinuous harm’ – but No 10 rule out extra cash Freddie Whittaker 1d Freddie Whittaker 1d Exclusions ‘Undue focus’ on pupils’ race risks ‘over-complicating’ exclusions, says judge School ‘vindicated’ after ruling it acted lawfully when it excluded a boy of black Caribbean heritage Lydia Chantler-Hicks 1d Lydia Chantler-Hicks 1d Movers and Shakers Movers and shakers: OCR, Northern, All Saints This week’s movers and shakers include a ‘keen Germanophile’ and a serving professor working as a trust leader Schools Week Reporter 1d Schools Week Reporter 1d Strikes NEU backs strikes ‘blueprint’ to ‘take on’ large MATs Conference also votes to aim to win improved working conditions and ‘undermine the notion of academy freedoms’ Freddie Whittaker 1d Freddie Whittaker 1d News Perry’s sister and sector leaders call for Ofsted reform pause Last-ditch call for a delay comes on final day of Ofsted’s consultation Lydia Chantler-Hicks 1d Lydia Chantler-Hicks 1d Unions Exclusive ‘Give teachers hope’, Roach tells Phillipson as he leaves NASUWT role Departing union boss urges government to ‘focus on delivery’ as he hands the reins to Matt Wrack Freddie Whittaker 2d Freddie Whittaker 2d Edtech Schools will get discounted updates to keep Windows 10 running Microsoft will no longer provide free software updates for the operating system after October 14 Rhi Storer 3d Rhi Storer 3d School funding Exclusive Councils take up to 9% of school budgets for core services Findings challenge claims trusts charge their schools more for services away from classrooms Jack Dyson 3d Jack Dyson 3d 1 2 3 4 5 6 969 Older