Disadvantage

Investigation: Disadvantaged school leaders’ uphill battle

Calls for a review of disadvantage measures and support after analysis reveals full scale of challenge for leaders in…

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
SEND

Mainstream could meet SEN needs of ‘tens of thousands’ more pupils

Government report finds 35,000 more pupils could have needs met in mainstream schools if system is improved

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker and Samantha Booth
Academies

Lilac Sky scandal: £3m of ‘contentious, irregular or improper’ payments revealed

Government investigation ‘outcome’ report comes eight years after intervention, but contains just three pages and few details

John Dickens
John Dickens
Free school meals

Proportion of poorer school pupils going on to university falls

Fall in the ‘progression rate’ of pupils eligible for free school meals is first since current records began in…

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
SEND

SEND in crisis: ‘Whole-system reform needed’, says NAO

Government’s spending watchdog also says councils need ‘urgent’ intervention to stop widespread financial meltdown

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
SEND

SEND in crisis: NAO’s 8 damning findings

The government’s spending watchdog has called for ‘whole-system reform’ of special needs education, warning the system is ‘financially unsustainable’…

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth


Exams

2024 league tables delayed until after parents pick secondary school

Government also extends deadline for school results checking exercises until November 7 after issues with results

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
News

School support staff unions accept £1,290 pay deal

Agreement follows biggest support staff union falling short in ballot for strike action

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
News

44 planned free schools in doubt as review launched

Phillipson signals end of Tory free schools as centrally-delivered projects face ‘value for money’ reviews

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
Teacher pay

Pay scales for teachers and leaders in England from September 2024

DfE confirms pay scales following offer of 5.5 per cent to teachers and leaders

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Recruitment and retention

Cash-strapped councils ditch gifts for long-serving teachers

Vouchers and commemorative glassware to recognise long-serving school staff among education services axed by councils

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
School buildings

‘Build up’ school scheme shelved (but £180k spent)

Ambitious project earmarked for London school on hiatus due to planning requirements and market conditions

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson