Grammar Schools Exclusive £64m to make grammar schools more inclusive – but the gap widens Despite pandemic surge in free school meals rates, grammars given expansion cash have fallen further behind Freddie Whittaker 3y Freddie Whittaker 3y Schools Don’t let your energy contracts expire, DfE warns schools Buying energy out of contract will be ‘more expensive’, leaders told Samantha Booth 3y Samantha Booth 3y Academies Investigation Best-paid trust CEOs’ wages rise fastest, but some rein in pay The highest-paid have seen bigger pay rises than the rest, with some academy trusts reining in pay even as… Tom Belger 3y Tom Belger 3y News Ofsted will use 2022 SATs and GCSE results to judge curriculum impact Inspectors will be ‘sensitive in their use of this data’ James Carr 3y James Carr 3y Tutoring Exclusive DfE starts secret talks on future of National Tutoring Programme Officials hold ‘market warming’ discussions with would-be bidders about next year of flagship catch-up initiative Samantha Booth 3y Samantha Booth 3y Schools Exclusive Persistently absent pupils to be mentored under £5m trial DfE seeks organisation to mentor pupils in disadvantaged areas as persistent absence remains high Freddie Whittaker 3y Freddie Whittaker 3y Schools Exclusive Eton commits £1m annual top-up for ‘elite’ sixth forms Private school plans to plow an extra £2k per pupil into new institutions, declaring state funding is inadequate Will Nott 3y Will Nott 3y News Chancellor snubs schools as 500,000 children ‘fall into poverty’ Union leader warns school funding snub in spring statement heralds ‘return of austerity’ Schools Week Reporter 3y Schools Week Reporter 3y Academies MPs want more transparency over academy trust bailouts Influential committee chair warns of ‘unacceptable’ lack of accountability’ Samantha Booth 3y Samantha Booth 3y SEND Nine more councils told to reform SEND services in return for £300m But cash comes with strict conditions such as keeping more children in mainstream schools Samantha Booth 3y Samantha Booth 3y Covid Free school meals permanently extended to pupils with ‘no recourse to public funds’ Children of families subject to immigration control were temporarily given access to free meals in April 2020 Freddie Whittaker 3y Freddie Whittaker 3y News Paul Whiteman re-elected unopposed as NAHT general secretary Leaders’ union boss will serve another five year term from September Freddie Whittaker 3y Freddie Whittaker 3y Newer 1 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 973 Older