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
Lucas Cumiskey
Teaching awards

Revealed: The 2024 Pearson Teaching Awards winners

Sixteen winners from early years, schools and colleges recognised

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
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
Jack Dyson
Academies

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
John Dickens
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
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

Ofsted chair Dame Christine Ryan to step down

Education secretary praises Ryan for leadership during ‘a period of significant challenges’

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth


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
Lucas Cumiskey
Academies

DfE quietly ditches pledge to publish academy scandal investigations

Department has shifted to publishing ‘a summary of the outcomes of an investigation’

John Dickens
John Dickens
SEND

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
Samantha Booth
Exclusions

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
Jack Dyson
SEND

Use SEND cash to boost mainstream inclusion, councils told

Move follows budget’s £1 billion boost in high needs funding

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
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
Samantha Booth