Schools

Staff to strike over school’s virtual maths teacher

NEU members to walk out for six days over Star Academies’ use of virtual teacher based hundreds of miles…

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
School funding

Delayed 2026 school funding allocations to be published ‘shortly’ says Phillipson

Education secretary partly blames June’s spending review for the delay to national funding formula guidance and allocations, which are…

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
News

Reform starts to reveal its thinking on SEND reform

Party’s deputy leader says system should ‘go back to trusting teachers’ amid a ‘crisis of over diagnosis’, calling ear…

Ruth Lucas
Ruth Lucas
News

Movers and shakers: EMAT, E-ACT, GLF, SAfE, AQA

This week’s movers and shakers include a keen surfer, DJ manager and a leader who marks wedding anniversaries with…

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
News, Solutions

The rise of teaching internships – a recruitment solution?

We look at how many teaching interns go on to train as teachers, and the pros and cons of…

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
News

Teacher wellbeing plunges to new low

More than three quarters of teachers report poor mental health and a third could be at risk of clinical…

Ruth Lucas
Ruth Lucas


SEND

New research to scope out ‘bridging gap’ in SEND teacher training

Survey shows two-thirds of ITT providers feel trainee teachers not adequately prepared

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Movers and Shakers

EPI chief executive Natalie Perera to leave think tank for AQA role

Former government adviser to take up chief external affairs and communications officer role for England’s largest exam board

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Attendance

‘Embarrassing’: AI attendance reports suspended days after launch

Leaders report inaccuracies in new attendance target scheme launched last week by government

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Curriculum review

Progress 8: A third of pupils’ GCSE entries don’t fit reformed measure

Changes will make ‘little difference’ to scores but likely to affect qualification entries, finds Datalab analysis

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
SEND

SEND safety valve ‘success story’ racks up £4.5m deficit

A council cited by top government official as mostly clearing its high needs deficit has now fallen back into…

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Admissions

School’s intake cut blocked despite £2m deficit fear

Watchdog rejects plan despite admitting the change could help the academy ‘attract more students’

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson