Academies

Academy trusts bid for £44m growth cash before scheme axed

More than 660 schools were involved in applications for the final window of the trust capacity and establishment and…

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Ofsted

Ofsted mulls asking schools to rate inspectors

Watchdog begins work to ‘explore commissioning an independent survey to ask professionals…for their views on Ofsted’s culture’

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Digital

Schools could be held to account on digital standards

DfE consults on ‘core digital standards’ and confirms £45m extension of wifi and fibre schemes

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Teacher pay

One in six teachers would take 20% less pension for a 10% pay rise

EPI urges government to investigate the possibility of flexibility in the teachers’ pension scheme

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
School funding

Funding storm prepares to crash into schools

Leaders cry foul as national insurance grants fall short, and DfE admits schools can’t afford next year’s pay bill

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Attendance

Big jump in SEND pupils missing more school than they attend

Severe absence increases among some of the most vulnerable pupils in the system

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


Ofsted

More schools get positive Ofsted scores after headline grades ditched

First data on inspections without overall judgments shows rises across behaviour, personal development and leadership categories

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Attendance

95%+ attendance almost doubles odds of GCSE pass

DfE research finds missing just 10 days of year 11 halves the odds of getting a grade 5 in…

Rhi Storer
Rhi Storer
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Arts education

DfE plans ‘National Centre for Arts and Music Education’

Ministers also announce plans for a ‘digital, AI and technology task and finish group’ to advise pupils on AI

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Schools can afford less than half of proposed 2.8% pay rise, admits DfE

‘Headroom’ in next year’s budget only leaves enough for an increase of 1.3 per cent, official government analysis finds

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

£1bn for schools to cover national insurance hike

But some leaders report the funding falls up to 35 per cent short of covering the rise in costs

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter