School funding Exclusive £760m SEND reforms cash to come from schools budget rise Funding expert warns schools ‘next few years are going to feel very tight’ as leaders say settlement ‘well short… Freddie Whittaker 4mo Freddie Whittaker 4mo SEND 1 in 20 pupils now have EHCP after numbers rise again New data shows 11 per cent yearly rise in number of pupils with education, health and care plans amid… Lydia Chantler-Hicks 4mo Lydia Chantler-Hicks 4mo Free school meals DfE faces renewed calls for free school meals auto-enrolment Report warns of a ‘postcode lottery’ of take-up, with some vulnerable families struggling with the sign-up process Freddie Whittaker 4mo Jessie Williams 4mo News Government seeks to exempt CEOs from new support staff pay rules Consultation launched on the definition of support staff ahead of launch of new pay body Jack Dyson 4mo Jack Dyson 4mo Ofsted ‘Reckless and ridiculous’: Ofsted’s report card plan delay slammed Phillipson criticises ‘disappointing’ consultation response delay, while unions say report card roll-out now ‘nonsensical’ Lydia Chantler-Hicks 4mo Lydia Chantler-Hicks 4mo School funding Spending review 2025: What’s in it for schools? School funding and capital cash rise (a bit), Ofsted budget boost, school library scheme and a schools white paper Freddie Whittaker 4mo Freddie Whittaker 4mo School funding School funding to rise by around 1% per pupil each year £4.7bn cash increase will result in average real-terms per-pupil funding growth of 0.9 per cent per year Freddie Whittaker 4mo Freddie Whittaker 4mo Movers and Shakers Trust secures new CEO as founding chief retires Replacement secured as Dean Ashton’s Reach South departure announced Jack Dyson 4mo Jack Dyson 4mo Ofsted Exclusive Christine Gilbert appointed Ofsted chair Education secretary Bridget Phillipson says Gilbert will bring ‘strong challenge’ to Ofsted Lydia Chantler-Hicks 4mo Lydia Chantler-Hicks 4mo Edtech Schools wanted to become edtech ‘testbeds’ Pilot to build ‘evidence base’ on impact of workload-cutting tech Jack Dyson 4mo Jack Dyson 4mo News AI guidance for schools: 9 key findings for leaders Government toolkits say schools can use AI to write letters to parents, give pupil feedback and come up with… Jack Dyson 4mo Jack Dyson 4mo News Exclusive Ofsted flags safety concerns at country’s first secure school Inspectors find increase in youngsters making weapons out of ‘everyday items’ after doors were damaged amid building issue Aislinn O Donnell 4mo Jessie Williams 4mo Newer 1 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 1,001 Older