Schools New ESFA chief vows ‘culture shift’ to ease trust fears Watchdog must avoid jumping to ‘punitive measures too quickly’, but ‘laser-like’ focus on financial management justified Tom Belger 3y Tom Belger 3y Schools Competition watchdog consults schools on SIMS break clause ESS SIMS will allow schools to apply for a break clause from three-year software contracts amid an ongoing CMA… Amy Walker 3y Amy Walker 3y School funding Autumn statement school funding boost: What you need to know Just how generous is the funding boost? And what about support with energy costs? Everything you need to know… John Dickens 3y John Dickens 3y Exams Onscreen exams can’t ‘experiment with pupils’ futures’ – Ofqual chair Tech in exams ‘a case of when not if’, but regulator’s job is not to be ‘evangelist of technology’,… Samantha Booth 3y Samantha Booth 3y School funding Autumn statement: £2.3bn extra for schools Rise equates to an average £1,000 more for every pupil by 2025 and will restore real-terms funding to 2010… John Dickens 3y John Dickens 3y Academies Minister admits ‘transparency’ needed over academy transfers and conversion MATs and academy-sceptics alike are likely to welcome more transparency about why schools get transferred to particular trusts Tom Belger 3y Tom Belger 3y Politics Trusts work up contingency plans for sixth form college teacher strike It comes as a heads’ union also balloting members said it did not ‘envisage’ asking them to close schools Freddie Whittaker 3y Freddie Whittaker 3y SEND Two thirds of councils now fail SEND inspections Number of local authorities found to have ‘significant weaknesses’ in how they support pupils with special needs last year… John Dickens 3y John Dickens 3y Politics Ex-minister Robin Walker elected as education committee chair The former schools minister received 228 votes from MPs after Robert Halfon returned to DfE Amy Walker 3y Amy Walker 3y Teacher pay Teacher pay rises must not drive inflation, Keegan warns review body School Teachers’ Review Body told to be ‘careful not to drive prices higher’ with its pay proposals for 2023-24 Amy Walker 3y Amy Walker 3y Teacher training Councils will continue to check schools’ teacher induction until 2024 But DfE will proceed with plan to toughen up guidance on school checks Freddie Whittaker 3y Freddie Whittaker 3y Schools Extend NLG programme to ‘good’ LA schools, review of reforms suggests Evaluation of reformed governance support scheme finds ‘positive’ impact, but delays revealed and calls for ‘preventative’ expansion Amy Walker 3y Amy Walker 3y Newer 1 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 980 Older
