News ‘Breaking point’: governors say budgets now their biggest worry Survey finds one in ten governors say their school relied on a loan or council support to stay afloat Jack Dyson 5mo Jack Dyson 5mo News Classrooms ‘in chaos’ says minister as suspensions near 1 million Rates of suspension and permanent exclusion have risen again, new government data shows Ruth Lucas 5mo Ruth Lucas 5mo Teacher training NPQs take-up collapses after government funding cut Starts on qualifications for aspiring leaders fall by a third after most subsidies withdrawn Freddie Whittaker 5mo Freddie Whittaker 5mo Ofsted Ofsted plans school webinars in response to reform timeline unrest ‘I know there are some concerns about the timeline for these changes,’ says chief inspector Freddie Whittaker 5mo Freddie Whittaker 5mo SEND ‘We won’t shy away from difficult reforms’, Phillipson vows amid SEND unrest Education secretary tells leaders she won’t veer from doing ‘what’s difficult and long term in favour of quick and… Schools Week Reporter 5mo Schools Week Reporter 5mo Academies 20 leaders appointed to DfE trust CEO advisory group Bosses of United Learning, Lift Schools, Ark and Star academy trusts appointed to advise minister amid schools bill reforms Freddie Whittaker 5mo Freddie Whittaker 5mo Recruitment and retention Government lacks ‘coherent plan’ to boost teacher recruitment MPs also tell ministers to assess how effective pay rises are at retaining staff amid concerns over 6,500 teacher… Jack Dyson 5mo Jack Dyson 5mo News DfE releases 150-page writing framework, but will change it soon ‘First-of-its-kind’ writing framework encourages handwriting, speaking aloud and reception focus – but new version needed when curriculum review lands Freddie Whittaker 5mo Freddie Whittaker 5mo News Exams and overburdening ‘dilemmas’: Francis reveals curriculum review progress MPs grilled the review chair on GCSEs, languages, PE and timescales for reform Freddie Whittaker 5mo Freddie Whittaker 5mo News Key stage 2 SATs 2025: 62% meet expected standard as results inch up But attainment still hasn’t climbed back to pre-pandemic levels after 2022 drop Freddie Whittaker 5mo Freddie Whittaker 5mo SATs Scaled scores for 2025 key stage 2 SATs announced Department for Education publishes marks pupils need to meet the ‘expected’ standard Freddie Whittaker 5mo Freddie Whittaker 5mo The early years ‘Best start in life’ strategy: Primaries to get ‘intensive’ RISE reception support New plan to boost school-readiness also includes more early years training for heads and reception teachers Freddie Whittaker 5mo Freddie Whittaker 5mo Newer 1 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 1,011 Older