Teacher pay

Pay rises will now cost schools £1.3bn, and 6 more STRB findings

The teacher pay review body also wants a bigger remit to investigate the whole teacher pay system amid ongoing…

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools

Unions threaten results day disruption as AQA staff plan three-day strike

Some AQA staff will strike over pay later this month, but the exam board said claims of results day…

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Schools

Teacher misconduct probes now taking 20 months to resolve

Probes into serious misconduct are taking 8 months longer than DfE target, leaving teachers, schools and others affected in…

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Tutoring

Schools can only use DfE-approved tutoring firms from September

Leaders wanting to spend school-led tutoring cash on external agencies must draw from government list

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools

DfE ditches 7-year plan to legislate on summer-born admissions

Ministers have been promising a law change on the issue since 2015, but say they will no longer pursue…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Academies

Academy transfers hit six-year low despite DfE MAT drive

Covid disruption has dented school transfers, but enthusiasm may also be limited among big and standalone trusts alike

Tom Belger
Tom Belger


SATs

Key stage 1 SATs will be scrapped from 2023-24, STA confirms

But a ‘full programme’ of tests will go ahead next academic year because new year 2s did not sit…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Supreme Court holiday pay ruling could ‘open the floodgates’ for claims

Music teacher’s victory will have big ramifications for schools using permanent term-time-only contracts

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

‘Significant issues’ in training reforms, school rebuilds and tutoring, say officials

Ten of 11 DfE major projects are now rated ‘amber’, with fears over delivering them on time and on…

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Ofsted

Seven things we learned from Ofsted’s latest education recovery research

The watchdog found learning loss during Covid lockdowns made it more difficult to identify pupils with SEND

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools

DfE announces 5% pay rise for most teachers in 2022-23

Starting salaries will increase by 8.9 per cent next year, but experienced teachers get below-inflation rise

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

School per-pupil funding to rise by only 1.9 per cent next year

Government confirms rise which falls well short of the current rate of inflation

Tom Belger
Tom Belger