Politics NEU: Teachers in England schools vote to strike Union announces seven days of teacher strike action in February and March Freddie Whittaker 3y Freddie Whittaker 3y Schools NASUWT union to ballot teachers again in pay dispute Union tells ministers they are still in dispute over teachers’ pay despite failing to meet strike threshold last week Samantha Booth 3y Samantha Booth 3y Schools Exclusive School vacancies up two-thirds on pre-pandemic 2019, data suggests Figures shared with Schools Week show schools advertised more than 100,000 roles last year Amy Walker 3y Amy Walker 3y Ofsted Exclusive Failed SEND councils could get four-year reprieve Introduction of new SEND inspection framework means revisits clock has been reset Freddie Whittaker 3y Freddie Whittaker 3y Politics It’s Kebede vs Sweeney in NEU general secretary election Former president faces union’s deputy general secretary in election to replace Dr Mary Bousted and Kevin Courtney Freddie Whittaker 3y Freddie Whittaker 3y Academies E-ACT appoints new chief executive Tom Campbell made permanent boss at academy trust he has run on an interim basis Tom Belger 3y Tom Belger 3y Schools Impact of £57m grant to boost maths take-up criticised 86 per cent of funding has gone to schools and just 14 per cent to colleges Jason Noble 3y Jason Noble 3y Schools Investigation Teaching hopefuls asked for details of ‘any website you’re named on’ Safeguarding guidance states schools ‘should consider carrying out an online search’ on shortlisted candidates Samantha Booth 3y Samantha Booth 3y Ofsted Exclusive Ofsted admits its complaints policy ‘isn’t working’ Officials have been asked to make the process more human and less bureaucratic Freddie Whittaker 3y John Dickens and Amy Walker 3y Schools Investigation Special schools bear brunt of recruitment crisis One school has nearly two in five teaching posts staffed by agency staff or teaching assistants Amy Walker 3y Amy Walker 3y Schools NASUWT teacher strike ballot fails to meet turnout threshold Nine in 10 voted in favour of strikes, but turnout was 42%, below the legal requirement Freddie Whittaker 3y Freddie Whittaker 3y Schools Exclusive In short supply: Cover costs soar as teacher shortages and illness bite Investigation: Schools sound the alarm as finances hit by education’s shrinking workforce Tom Belger 3y Tom Belger 3y Newer 1 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 989 Older