School funding Teachers’ pensions: Emergency fund needed to cover grant shortfall Union leaders write to ministers after warnings that schools face funding shortfalls ‘of £70,000 or more’ Freddie Whittaker 2y Freddie Whittaker 2y Academies MATs ‘more likely’ to be approved to run council-proposed special schools DfE introduces expectation that bids via the ‘free school presumption route’ demonstrate ‘resilience’ in face of falling rolls and… Jack Dyson 2y Jack Dyson 2y Academies Long read Regional directors push growing MATs to mentors Bosses of trusts wanting to expand are now being told by regional directors to get mentoring from experienced CEOs Jack Dyson 2y Jack Dyson 2y Teacher training and development Exclusive School teacher trainers reveal ITTECF mentor workload doubts ITT providers lack confidence government will achieve key targets through its new teacher training framework, survey suggests Lucas Cumiskey 2y Lucas Cumiskey 2y Wellbeing Long read From the frontline: Heads reveal poverty, abuse and funding woes Headteachers share their big talking points at the annual NAHT school leaders’ conference Samantha Booth 2y Samantha Booth 2y News Catholic school caught up in row over abolition of 50% cap Education secretary criticised for launching faith reforms at school with fewer pupils on free school meals Freddie Whittaker 2y Freddie Whittaker 2y Inclusion Exclusive Alternative provision: Let disrupted pupils repeat year 11, says de Souza DfE should also fund ‘graduated stepdown programme of support for all year 11 leavers’ Freddie Whittaker 2y Freddie Whittaker 2y Ofsted Investigation Ofsted grades keep getting better after Oliver takes helm Watchdog puts findings down to continued ‘upward trend in inspection outcomes over the last few years’ Lucas Cumiskey 2y Lucas Cumiskey 2y Recruitment and retention Exclusive Trust plans for accountancy-style career path for teaching assistants Route would be targeted at support staff who don’t already hold a degree Lucas Cumiskey 2y Lucas Cumiskey 2y News 4 policies to put ‘schools at heart’ of Sure Start 2.0 How schools meet ‘holistic needs’ of pupils should have equal focus from Ofsted as results, new report says Schools Week Reporter 2y Schools Week Reporter 2y News Exclusive Revealed: Secret deal to let benefit fraud squad snoop on pupil data Leaders warn the move may lead to parents ‘withdrawing their children from schools’ Freddie Whittaker 2y Freddie Whittaker 2y Inclusion SEND: DfE ‘looking into’ how many schools are not inclusive Children’s minister David Johnston reveals he is probing why some schools have far fewer pupils with EHCPs Samantha Booth 2y Samantha Booth 2y Newer 1 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 1,029 Older
