News EHCPs: 6,000 youngsters now wait a year for plans Under half of new EHCPs also issued within legal timeframe – falling to a record low as SEND system… Jack Dyson 9mo Jack Dyson 9mo Recruitment and retention Teacher retention payments not as effective as first thought, study suggests NFER analysis finds some initiatives that gave teachers bonuses to stay in the classroom did not boost retention rates Lydia Chantler-Hicks 9mo Lydia Chantler-Hicks 9mo Academies Academy trust handbook 2025 changes: what leaders need to know Trusts barred from paying hacker ransoms and told CEO pay must be ‘defensible’ in latest funding rules Jack Dyson 9mo Jack Dyson 9mo Politics Minister ‘frustrated’ over school behaviour survey delay Skills minister also shoots down calls to ban social media for under 16s, saying the evidence on its impact… John Dickens 9mo John Dickens 9mo Inclusion Long read Internal AP risks becoming ‘costly holding pens’, report warns Lack of guidance and oversight of in-school AP highlighted in new report that aims to codify good practice John Dickens 10mo Ella Jessel 10mo Ofsted Ofsted: Unions consider asking leaders to quit as inspectors Leadership unions tell Ofsted they will take the ‘unprecedented step’ unless watchdog changes course over inspection plans Schools Week Reporter 10mo Schools Week Reporter 10mo Ofsted ‘Delay new Ofsted inspections until September 2026’, demand unions Leaders of four unions call for Bridget Phillipson to intervene over plans that will create ‘wholly unacceptable pressures on… Lydia Chantler-Hicks 10mo Lydia Chantler-Hicks 10mo Movers and Shakers Movers and Shakers: AEP, HFL Education, Odyssey and Extol trusts This week’s movers and shakers include a taekwondo enthusiast, a former football coach and a committed girlguider Schools Week Reporter 10mo Schools Week Reporter 10mo News Exclusive ‘I’m a champion for teachers’: How Mr P got his MBE ‘The influencer label lets people put you on a pedestal only to knock you off’ Freddie Whittaker 10mo Ella Jessel 10mo Academies Exclusive DfE faces big bill as secret settlement ends SchoolsCompany saga Ministers face writing off a sizeable chunk of £2.8m owed back to the DfE, despite spending potentially millions to… Freddie Whittaker 10mo Freddie Whittaker 10mo Academies Exclusive Trust says cost-cutters call to court schools is ‘misuse of funds’ School resource management advisers urged the Elliot Foundation to ‘proactively’ grow its ranks Jack Dyson 10mo Jack Dyson 10mo Inclusion SEND deficits to be kept off council balance sheets for two more years SEND deficit ‘statutory override’ protecting potentially scores of councils from insolvency extended to 2028 Freddie Whittaker 10mo Freddie Whittaker 10mo Newer 1 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 1,033 Older
