News

Most schools face making cuts next year, unions warn

School Cuts coalition warns of a £700m funding gap as government tells leaders to find ‘efficiencies’ to meet pay…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

UK and Ukraine schools to strengthen ties by swapping stories  

New initiative for 50 schools launched as PM Starmer visits school No 219 in Ukraine

Rhi Storer
Rhi Storer
Schools

Keep Latin funding for six more months, leaders urge Phillipson

Schools involved in the Latin Excellence Programme have written to the education secretary to ask for an extension

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
AI

AI plan: Hackathons, chatbots and new tools for schools

Keir Starmer this week unveiled a new plan to boost AI – but what does this mean for schools?…

Rhi Storer
Rhi Storer
News

CEOs of big trusts ‘escape scrutiny’ under government’s ‘outlier’ pay crackdown

Method used by government for trust pay checks appears to be loaded against smaller trusts

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Behaviour

£10m behaviour hubs to end – but what next?

Ministers are ‘considering different ways on how to build the programme’, but it will end in its current form…

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks


Politics

Labour cost-cutting spree now hits STEM

Science teacher training and physics take-up programmes cut despite Starmer’s pledge to make England an AI ‘superpower’

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Recruitment and retention

Two-thirds of schools using free vacancy website still pay for adverts elsewhere

Government launched Teaching Vacancies service in 2019, with ministers predicting schools would save £75m

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
News

Amend schools bill to guarantee no ceiling on pay, Phillipson told

Trusts body warns ‘restrictive and prescriptive pay and conditions’ may ‘undermine schools’ and trusts’ ability to attract staff’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Oak Academy takes the lead on financial education 

Government curriculum quango will produce additional lessons which will be available from spring

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

Ofsted system glitch wiped evidence during almost 200 inspections

But in almost every case inspectors were still able to consider the findings when reaching judgments, says watchdog

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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