News

Education cuts would risk school budgets, warns IFS

Analysis ‘will make harrowing reading for school and college leaders already faced with intense pressures on their budgets’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Solutions

Cinema trips and summer schools boost attendance 

We look at a school bucking the national trend of rising absences to learn how they’re doing it

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Schools

Loss of £80m low-carbon skills fund could stop schools going green

Cash-strapped schools will be unable to afford bids for a wider decarbonisation scheme, consultants warn

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
News

Speech and language pilot extended, but funding is cut

Early language support for every child pilot gets extension, but funding reduced despite aim to reach more children

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
News

Five things we learned about the teacher workforce from the STRB report

Teachers’ pay has been eroded far more sharply than other professions, data shows

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
SEND

Extra £1bn SEND funding is ‘not reaching children’

Many councils aren’t passing on the funding allocated for high needs at last year’s budget

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson


SEND

SEND reforms: the backlash begins

‘If SEND isn’t fixed now – it will become so broken and big, it never gets resolved’, says one…

John Dickens
John Dickens
Teacher pay

Teacher pay and conditions: 5 suggestions from the STRB

Make schools ‘fully embrace’ flexible working, review pay grades and consider multi-year settlements, says review body

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Teacher pay

Teacher pay: DfE accepts 4% rise, provides £615m funding

But schools must fund a quarter of the rise themselves, on top of savings they’ve already budgeted for

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Sponsored post

Dream Big Day: Empowering Every Pupil to Imagine, Create, and Flourish

In today’s rapidly evolving world, educators face an immense challenge: How do we inspire young people to envision ambitious…

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News

Inclusive schools reflect their areas and are ‘culturally sensitive’ on behaviour – think tank

Centre for Young Lives recommends admissions duties are returned to councils and RISE advisers monitor school rolls

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools Bill

Lords seek to water down schools bill powers

Peers will consider hundreds of amendments to the legislation as opposition politicians point to ‘serious concerns’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker