SEND DfE extends neurodiversity support scheme, but with less funding Programme that trains teachers to better identify needs extended into 2025-26 with £9.5m Lydia Chantler-Hicks 2mo Lydia Chantler-Hicks 2mo News Child poverty: Schools ‘have no time’ to wait for strategy Unions urge government not to ‘kick the can down the road’ amid reports of delays to flagship Labour strategy Jack Dyson 2mo Jack Dyson 2mo Academies Biggest-ever academy trust merger given minister greenlight Catholic mega MAT set to become second biggest in England as bosses eye September launch Jack Dyson 2mo Jack Dyson 2mo News Education cuts would risk school budgets, warns IFS Analysis ‘will make harrowing reading for school and college leaders already faced with intense pressures on their budgets’ Freddie Whittaker 2mo Freddie Whittaker 2mo Solutions Cinema trips and summer schools boost attendance We look at a school bucking the national trend of rising absences to learn how they’re doing it Lydia Chantler-Hicks 2mo Lydia Chantler-Hicks 2mo Schools Exclusive Loss of £80m low-carbon skills fund could stop schools going green Cash-strapped schools will be unable to afford bids for a wider decarbonisation scheme, consultants warn Jack Dyson 2mo Jack Dyson 2mo News Speech and language pilot extended, but funding is cut Early language support for every child pilot gets extension, but funding reduced despite aim to reach more children Jack Dyson 2mo Jack Dyson 2mo News Five things we learned about the teacher workforce from the STRB report Teachers’ pay has been eroded far more sharply than other professions, data shows Lydia Chantler-Hicks 2mo Lydia Chantler-Hicks 2mo SEND Exclusive Extra £1bn SEND funding is ‘not reaching children’ Many councils aren’t passing on the funding allocated for high needs at last year’s budget Jack Dyson 2mo Jack Dyson 2mo SEND Long read SEND reforms: the backlash begins ‘If SEND isn’t fixed now – it will become so broken and big, it never gets resolved’, says one… John Dickens 2mo John Dickens 2mo Teacher pay Teacher pay and conditions: 5 suggestions from the STRB Make schools ‘fully embrace’ flexible working, review pay grades and consider multi-year settlements, says review body Freddie Whittaker 2mo Freddie Whittaker 2mo Teacher pay Teacher pay: DfE accepts 4% rise, provides £615m funding But schools must fund a quarter of the rise themselves, on top of savings they’ve already budgeted for Freddie Whittaker 2mo Freddie Whittaker 2mo Newer 1 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 988 Older