News

Risk ‘positive’ school improvement story ‘masks growing challenges’, says ex-DfE adviser

Sam Freedman says it’s ‘hard to see’ how issues faced by schools can be fixed without investment

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Budget 2024

Budget 2024: £1.4bn for school rebuilding next year

Treasury says existing rebuilding programme cash will be £550m more than last year, but no word yet on school…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

National insurance rise could be a £400m headache for schools

NFER adds its voice to calls for schools to be reimbursed as its analysis finds rise could add ‘significant…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
community hubs

United Learning to launch charity to run community hubs

But country’s largest trust stresses the initiative won’t ‘take resource from teaching and learning’

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
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