Schools

NASUWT teacher strike ballot fails to meet turnout threshold

Nine in 10 voted in favour of strikes, but turnout was 42%, below the legal requirement

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

In short supply: Cover costs soar as teacher shortages and illness bite

Investigation: Schools sound the alarm as finances hit by education’s shrinking workforce

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Schools

MPs launch inquiry into persistent school absence

Education committee intervenes after persistent absence soared to 23.5 per cent post-pandemic

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

DfE and Ofsted staff to hold one-day strike

It follows votes in favour of industrial action over pay, pensions, jobs and redundancy terms last year

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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T-levels

DfE will now allow working from home in some T-level placements

A fifth of hours can be delivered remotely in certain subjects

Billy Camden
Billy Camden


Schools

Competition watchdog ends SIMS probe as break clause confirmed

ESS SIMS will let schools apply to leave three-year contracts a year early, following a CMA investigation

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Politics

More than 500 staff apply for DfE ‘voluntary exit’ scheme

Staff ‘who don’t have the skills’ needed for the future offered pay-outs to leave by May

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

Schools with high energy bills will get discount under reduced scheme

Schools ARE included in new energy support scheme – but fewer will benefit and it is less generous from…

John Dickens
John Dickens and Tom Belger
Schools

Teacher strikes: ‘No concrete progress’ in pay talks, unions say

Unions say government shows no sign of increasing this year’s pay award, but further meetings are likely

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Funding

16-19 base rate to rise by just 2.2% from August 2023

Sixth forms to receive an extra £100 per head in next academic year

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Schools

Everything you need to know about potential school strikes

Ministers hold crunch union talks as ballots of NEU, NASUWT and NAHT members close this week

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker