Academies

Future Academies appoints ex-Harris head as CEO

Ex-Harris Tottenham head Lawrence Foley will lead the trust launched by ex-minister Lord Nash, which faced staff and student…

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Schools

Sir Gav’s £17k golden goodbye, and 6 other things we learned from the DfE’s accounts

Bumper payouts for sacked ministers, staff retention issues and fears over SEND performance all revealed in annual accounts

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Teacher pay

Keegan claims teachers are among ‘top 10% of earners’

Education secretary incorrectly claims teacher pay is ‘a lot higher’ than average, and inflates the average head’s salary by…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

School aims to cut energy costs with Christmas single

A song recorded by pupils at Barn Croft Primary School in east London has already raised £26,000 towards solar…

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Academies

DfE loses £10.3m in unclaimed free school VAT refunds

Department admits tax was not claimed back for nine trusts’ free school projects by the HMRC deadline

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Schools

Risk of school buildings collapsing now ‘very likely’, DfE says

Government escalates dealing with school classroom safety to cross-government board after a rise in reported ‘serious structural issues’

Tom Belger
Tom Belger


Schools

Brexit leaves thousands fewer overseas teachers despite hiring plan

Reforms to get more overseas teachers working in English schools would fill only a sixth of the shortfall in…

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Schools

Teach pupils about modern antisemitism, warns Lord Mann

The government’s independent adviser on antisemitism has said Holocaust education itself is ‘not enough’ to combat anti-Jewish hatred

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools

Rebuild snub for over half of schools ‘at risk of closure’

Most ‘exceptional cases’ applications for flagship rebuilding programme miss out

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
SEND

Success! Councils required to boost special school funding by 3.4%

New requirement comes after Schools Week’s ‘SEND robbery’ campaign, but leaders say rise ‘won’t fully alleviate challenges’

John Dickens
Samantha Booth and John Dickens
News

Pupil premium rates to rise by 5% from April

Increases of £70 per child at primary and £50 at secondary will help ’embed tutoring in schools long-term’, government…

John Dickens
John Dickens
News

BTEC and CTEC delays: 21k students affected, Ofqual review finds

Five-point plan produced to avoid repeat as exam board reports blame ‘complex’ Covid rules and inexperienced exams officers

Jason Noble
Jason Noble