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 7mo Samantha Booth 7mo 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 7mo Samantha Booth 7mo 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 7mo Schools Week Reporter 7mo 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 7mo Schools Week Reporter 7mo 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 7mo Schools Week Reporter 7mo 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 7mo Lucas Cumiskey 7mo Recruitment and retention Exclusive 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 7mo Schools Week Reporter 7mo School buildings Exclusive ‘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 7mo Jack Dyson 7mo SEND SEND spend spotlight: the data keeping Labour up at night Ahead of an important report on SEND due next week, Schools Week looks at four of the most pressing… Samantha Booth 7mo Samantha Booth 7mo Support staff New law mustn’t rule CEOs are ‘support staff’, DfE told The organisation representing academies in England wants central teams to be excluded from the bill’s definition of support staff Lucas Cumiskey 7mo Lucas Cumiskey 7mo Solutions School trials free creche for teachers in latest flexibility push Charles Dickens provides free breakfast and after-school club provision for the children of staff and a discounted on-site nursey Lucas Cumiskey 7mo Lucas Cumiskey 7mo School buildings Exclusive Repeated review of new special school buildings irks councils DfE official says new government is ‘working through urgent decisions and taking time to understand those’ Freddie Whittaker 7mo Freddie Whittaker 7mo Newer 1 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 974 Older
