SEND

Kent wants school ‘volunteers’ to clear its SEND backlog

Council promotes ‘exciting’ and ‘behind the scenes’ opportunity

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Academies

MAT finance awards winners revealed

Awards celebrate and showcase the work of school finance professionals

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
Schools

School support staff employed by councils offered £2k pay deal

Increase is worth 9.42 per cent for the lowest-paid

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Rising costs force most schools to cut spending, finds DfE survey

According to school leaders and teachers surveyed by the DfE, 91 per cent of schools cut spending on at…

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Teacher pay

Teacher pay: What you need to know about the DfE’s case for a 3% rise

The government has submitted its evidence on pay for 2023-24 to the school teachers’ review body. Here’s what we…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

DfE told to fix disability data gaps for half of teachers

Small study says schools are not including disability when collecting staff diversity data, with experts and schools urging new…

Tom Belger
Tom Belger


Schools

Starmer pledges ‘education system reform’, but few details yet

Labour leader promises long-term missions would end ‘sticking-plaster politics’, but union says more cash needed too

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Schools

Illness drives stubbornly high persistent absence

Around a quarter of pupils have missed 10 per cent or more sessions since September

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Ofsted

Speed read: Ofsted’s tips for a ‘high-quality’ art and design curriculum

Fears that not enough time is given to the subject are ‘not unwarranted’, says watchdog

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Teacher strikes

NEU ‘prepared’ to consider strikes pause

Leaders ‘prepared to negotiate’, but criticise government’s ultimatum over walkouts next week

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Teacher training

DfE ‘developing’ teaching apprenticeship for non-graduates

Ministers also ‘reviewing’ their existing postgraduate route ‘with a view to making it more effective’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Teacher strikes

DfE recommends ‘affordable’ 3% teacher pay rise for 2023

But in their evidence to pay review body, ministers say there could be ‘more headroom’ if energy prices fall

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker and Amy Walker