School funding

Schools’ costs likely to outstrip budget funding boost

DfE says more than half of the expected per-pupil uplift will have to cover this year’s teacher pay rise

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

EYFS results: Disadvantage gap widens among reception pupils

Proportion of free school meals-eligible pupils achieving a ‘good level of development’ falls slightly

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Unions

National Education Union deputy general secretary Niamh Sweeney resigns

Former sixth form college teacher was first person elected to the role, and was not due for re-election until…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
breakfast clubs

Breakfast clubs ‘early adopters’: What schools need to know

Up to 750 primary schools sought to help pilot clubs before their national rollout

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Teacher training

DfE: New teacher training providers could get future accreditation ‘opportunities’

Clarification comes after bruising re-accreditation process saw 68 existing providers lose out

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
News

Ofsted bids goodbye to ‘state of the nation’ schools measure

Beloved of Conservative ministers but found to be misleading, the ‘90% good or outstanding’ metric is on its way…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


Teacher training

Teacher training inspections won’t return until January 2026

ITT Ofsted inspections are set to be postponed this year, Schools Week understands, as new reforms introduced in September…

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
News

Schools keeping top Ofsted grade almost doubled last year

The number of schools rated ‘less than good’ also falls to lowest ever in final year before headline grades…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Recruitment

Revealed: The ‘isolated’ schools missing out on effective heads

Study reveals which areas are unable to attract the best headteachers

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
SEND

School SEND reports harder to read than Stephen Hawking book

Experts warn ‘we ought to be able to explain SEND to parents more clearly than someone explains cosmology’

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
News

Home schooling proposals spark ‘abuser’s charter’ warning

Proposals could ‘lead to abusive former partners… making nuisance-mongering referrals,’ campaigner claims

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
SEND

Plea for financial health of councils to be considered in SEND tribunals

A cash-strapped local authority has made a series of controversial recommendations to ministers

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth