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
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
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
Jack Dyson
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
Freddie Whittaker
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
Freddie Whittaker
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
Freddie Whittaker
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
Lydia Chantler-Hicks


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
Schools Week Reporter
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
Freddie Whittaker
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
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Unions

‘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
Freddie Whittaker
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
Rhi Storer
School funding

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
Jack Dyson