Recruitment and retention Unions urge schools still using performance-related pay to ditch it New survey reveals some teachers still have performance targets linked to exam results Lucas Cumiskey 6mo Lucas Cumiskey 6mo Teaching awards Revealed: The 2024 Pearson Teaching Awards winners Sixteen winners from early years, schools and colleges recognised Schools Week Reporter 6mo Schools Week Reporter 6mo Academies Academy trust merger decision due (despite CEO already running the other chain) Delta boss Paul Tarn took over Coast and Vale Learning Trust as chief executive in April Jack Dyson 6mo Jack Dyson 6mo Academies Exclusive Lilac Sky: 8 years, 2 banned heads, £3m ‘improper’ spending – but no report The government had promised for years to publish its investigation report into a scandal-hit trust John Dickens 6mo John Dickens 6mo News More ‘outstanding’ schools keep top Ofsted grade, but why? Last year, two in five ‘outstanding’ schools inspected kept the grade, compared to less than one in five in… Freddie Whittaker 6mo Freddie Whittaker 6mo Ofsted Ofsted chair Dame Christine Ryan to step down Education secretary praises Ryan for leadership during ‘a period of significant challenges’ Samantha Booth 6mo Samantha Booth 6mo Schools Pay and job satisfaction rises, but behaviour risks driving teachers out Major government survey shows some slight improvements in some aspects of the job, but a worsening situation in others Lucas Cumiskey 6mo Lucas Cumiskey 6mo Academies Exclusive DfE quietly ditches pledge to publish academy scandal investigations Department has shifted to publishing ‘a summary of the outcomes of an investigation’ John Dickens 6mo John Dickens 6mo SEND Exclusive Kent special schools threaten to sue council over inclusion plans Mainstream schools are to be more inclusive and high-needs spending brought under control Samantha Booth 6mo Samantha Booth 6mo Exclusions Investigation What’s behind a record rise in suspensions, and how do we solve it? Which schools are excluding the most pupils, and why? What can we learn from leaders who have got suspensions… Jack Dyson 6mo Jack Dyson 6mo SEND Use SEND cash to boost mainstream inclusion, councils told Move follows budget’s £1 billion boost in high needs funding Samantha Booth 6mo Samantha Booth 6mo News A third of schools snap up free portrait of the King (at cost of £1m) New figures reveal take-up of controversial scheme to offer King Charles portrait to all public bodies Samantha Booth 6mo Samantha Booth 6mo Newer 1 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 974 Older