Schools

Schools with high energy bills will get discount under reduced scheme

Schools ARE included in new energy support scheme – but fewer will benefit and it is less generous from…

John Dickens
John Dickens and Tom Belger
Schools

Teacher strikes: ‘No concrete progress’ in pay talks, unions say

Unions say government shows no sign of increasing this year’s pay award, but further meetings are likely

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Funding

16-19 base rate to rise by just 2.2% from August 2023

Sixth forms to receive an extra £100 per head in next academic year

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Schools

Everything you need to know about potential school strikes

Ministers hold crunch union talks as ballots of NEU, NASUWT and NAHT members close this week

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

DfE plans £6.5m upgrade of Sheffield office

Department says work will ‘modernise and refresh the office, increase capacity, and address building condition’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Councils dawdle on surveying collapse risk building material

At least 41 schools across 15 local authorities have reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete

Tom Belger
Jessica Hill and Tom Belger


Oak National Academy

Oak Academy seeks teachers for subject expert groups

A blind application process for its subject expert groups and new permanent board has been launched by Oak National…

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Politics

DfE schools director general to retire

After 37 years in the civil service, McCully will retire in March to spend more time with his family

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Academies

Transfer of struggling academy shows pattern of delays

Analysis shows transfers take twice as long in some regions and that the speed of conversions has slowed since…

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Politics

ASCL: 7 in 10 school leaders vote to move to formal strike ballot

First ever indicative ballot by moderate leaders’ union finds broad support for a formal vote

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Exams

Ofqual disbands standards committee

The standards advisory group, a committee of the Ofqual board, was set up more than a decade ago

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

Staff absences at twice pre-Covid levels as winter illnesses take their toll

Unions call for the government to cover the cost of supply staff and improve ventilation

Amy Walker
Amy Walker