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Educational psychologists to ballot for strikes over ‘real-terms pay cut’

‘Poor pay and conditions have resulted in an unprecedented recruitment and retention crisis, as workloads spiral’

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
SATs

It’s the same pay for double the work, say SATs markers

Capita faces criticism over slashed marking rates for the second year running

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Tutoring

Ministers abandon hope of Johnson’s six million tutoring target

Subsidy change means schools will fork out less for tutoring next year, but half as many courses will be…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Teacher strikes

Publish full leaked teacher pay recommendation, unions tell Keegan

Full STRB report should be published now following reports of proposed 6.5% rise, leaders say

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Attendance

Six policies to get ‘invisible’ looked-after children back to school

First collection of data from the children’s commissioner shows nearly 1,500 children with social workers not in school

John Dickens
John Dickens
Oak National Academy

Oak National Academy will allow commercial use of its lessons

Move allows schools to adapt resources and share outside their organisation, but U-turn on geo-restriction plans

John Dickens
John Dickens


Academies

Unusual trust job ad seeks ‘Curmudgeonly Eccentric Oddball’

Special school MAT admits it is ‘not entirely sure’ what the CEO role entails

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
School buildings

School building condition data will be published this term, says Gibb

Pledge comes almost four years after landmark survey of schools was completed

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
School buildings

Fewer schools get repairs cash as building costs soar

25 per cent fewer school repair works get government funding this year

John Dickens
John Dickens
Tutoring

DfE to increase tutoring subsidy to 50% next year as take-up stalls

But no extra cash as ministers bank on continued lower-than-expected take-up

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Unison ballots 140,000 school support staff for strike

Vote over councils’ £1,925 pay offer raises prospect of even greater disruption to schools this autumn

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

Investigate teacher suicides, experts tell Health and Safety watchdog

Writing in the BMJ, academics also call for inquiry by MPs into impact of Ofsted on teaching staff

Amy Walker
Amy Walker