Academies Investigation Schools have 28% of budgets shaved off by academy trust ‘GAG pooling’ Unions are now demanding greater scrutiny over how trusts pool budgets, as schools await promised guidance Jack Dyson 9mo Jack Dyson 9mo Sponsored post Sponsored Beyond exams: why ASDAN’s refreshed qualifications are key to real-world learner success In today’s outcome-driven education landscape, it’s easy to overlook the quieter, yet equally vital, qualities that help learners truly… SWAdvertorial 9mo ASDAN 9mo Schools Drop in teacher job adverts as falling rolls and cuts bite Headteachers say they are expecting to employ fewer staff amid falling pupil numbers and financial pressures Lydia Chantler-Hicks 9mo Lydia Chantler-Hicks 9mo Free school meals DfE confirms paltry 3p infant free school meals funding rise 1.2% increase is far below predicted rises in food and wage costs Freddie Whittaker 9mo Freddie Whittaker 9mo DfE Exclusive DfE regions group leader John Edwards to be council CEO Senior civil servant to become chief executive of Rotherham council Lydia Chantler-Hicks 9mo Lydia Chantler-Hicks 9mo News School support staff offered 3.2% pay rise But unfunded rise will place further pressure on school budgets Freddie Whittaker 9mo Freddie Whittaker 9mo Unions Matt Wrack confirmed as next NASUWT general secretary Former Fire Brigades Union chief becomes first union boss without an education background Freddie Whittaker 10mo Freddie Whittaker 10mo News 6 proposals from academy bosses to improve Ofsted reforms Merging teaching and curriculum ratings, rethinking ‘exemplary’ and fewer monitoring checks all tabled by CST Lydia Chantler-Hicks 10mo Lydia Chantler-Hicks 10mo Ofsted Nearly two-thirds think Ofsted reforms are worse, ‘alternative’ consultation finds Survey launched by Ofsted critics finds 90% of respondents said five-point grading system not fit for purpose Lydia Chantler-Hicks 10mo Lydia Chantler-Hicks 10mo News Teacher pay: NASUWT could ballot members within weeks Conference passes motion for ‘immediate’ move to a ballot if government doesn’t ‘fully-fund’ its 2025 pay offer Freddie Whittaker 10mo Freddie Whittaker 10mo Teacher strikes Exclusive NASUWT would ballot if DfE rejects higher STRB pay recommendation Conference also seeks ‘immediate’ ballot if pay award is not ‘fully-funded’ Freddie Whittaker 10mo Freddie Whittaker 10mo Unions Exclusive NASUWT members seek public dismissal of NEU merger NEU members voted to ‘redouble’ efforts to form a single education union earlier this week Freddie Whittaker 10mo Freddie Whittaker 10mo Newer 1 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 1,021 Older
