News

DfE commits to trans guidance this year after Supreme Court ruling

Legal experts urge schools to avoid a ‘blanket’ approach in response to the judgment

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Academies

Governors told to ‘resign’ if they don’t back Catholic mega MAT plans

And another diocese tells governors they could only pass compliance checks with evidence they supported academisation

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Breakfast clubs

79 schools withdraw from breakfast clubs trial

Many schools cite inadequate funding, raising concerns about the viability of the full rollout

Freddie Whittaker
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Academies

Schools have 28% of budgets shaved off by academy trust ‘GAG pooling’

Unions are now demanding greater scrutiny over how trusts pool budgets, as schools await promised guidance

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
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Schools

Drop in teacher job adverts as falling rolls and cuts bite

Headteachers say they are expecting to employ fewer staff amid falling pupil numbers and financial pressures

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks


Free school meals

DfE confirms paltry 3p infant free school meals funding rise

1.2% increase is far below predicted rises in food and wage costs

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
DfE

DfE regions group leader John Edwards to be council CEO

Senior civil servant to become chief executive of Rotherham council

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
News

School support staff offered 3.2% pay rise

But unfunded rise will place further pressure on school budgets

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Unions

Matt Wrack confirmed as next NASUWT general secretary

Former Fire Brigades Union chief becomes first union boss without an education background

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

Nearly two-thirds think Ofsted reforms are worse, ‘alternative’ consultation finds

Survey launched by Ofsted critics finds 90% of respondents said five-point grading system not fit for purpose

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
News

6 proposals from academy bosses to improve Ofsted reforms

Merging teaching and curriculum ratings, rethinking ‘exemplary’ and fewer monitoring checks all tabled by CST

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks