Tutoring

£220m catch-up cash went unspent, watchdog finds

The government’s spending watchdog says ministers should assess how the withdrawal of tutoring subsidies will affect schools

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Teacher strikes

‘A tragedy’: How heads are preparing for the teachers strike

Many schools will close to all or some pupils as teachers gear up for their first national strike in…

Freddie Whittaker
Amy Walker and Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Support staff unions demand £15 minimum wage and inflation-busting pay rise

Unison, Unite and GMB want a 12.7 per cent pay hike from April – and allowances for all support…

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Teacher strikes

Teacher strike will go ahead after DfE talks fail

Poll suggests over 60% of schools face partial or full closure on Wednesday in response to walkouts

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Grammar schools ‘not pulling their weight’ on SEND, say campaigners

Selective schools educate a far smaller proportion of pupils with SEND and looked-after children than their neighbours

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Academies

AET academy trust puts parents back on governing bodies

CEO says it’s ‘too easy for school trusts to become distant and disconnected from communities’

Tom Belger
Tom Belger


Academies

OGAT threatened with academy rebroker over ‘high’ suspensions

A termination warning notice has been issued over exclusions at Outwood Academy Ormesby

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Teacher strikes

Teacher strike: Pressure warning, guidance clash and 30k join NEU

Here’s what you need to know about developments this week

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Capita set to oversee flexible working programme

Private firm understood to be preferred bidder ahead of schools that have run a similar scheme for 18 months

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Exams

BTECs cull: Ministers accused of reneging on promise

Cross-party group of peers led by Lord Blunkett has vowed to confront Gillian Keegan on the issue

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Politics

Progress on white paper ‘parent pledge’ goes backwards

Schools are now less ready to meet the ‘vague’ expectations than they were last year, data suggests

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

The broken link between exam results and Ofsted ratings

Schools Week analyses the relationship between Progress 8 scores and inspectors’ ratings

Amy Walker
Amy Walker