Admissions

Popular schools should prioritise places for poorer pupils, says charity

Teach First calls for pilot that boosts pupil premium funding to motivate schools to be more inclusive

Freddie Whittaker
Jessie Williams
Pay and conditions

Schools risk ‘inadvertently’ breaking minimum wage law

Bottom end of unqualified teacher pay scales could fall below legal requirements, legal experts warn

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Recruitment and retention

Mums who return to teaching part-time more likely to stay

New study reveals how the first 12 months back are crucial for retaining new mums

Freddie Whittaker
Jessie Williams
News

DfE reviews pupil premium amid free meals extension concerns

But the education secretary rejects ‘barefaced lie’ as Tories claim schools could lose £1.5bn

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Co-chairs revealed for white working-class kids inquiry

Ex-education secretary joins academy boss in heading inquiry run by Public First (but government didn’t commission it)

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
News

‘Teachers visa’ and agency regulation: 5 ways to improve overseas recruitment

Government evaluation found some international recruits were ‘unprepared’ for the behaviour in English schools

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


News

Fewer teachers quit and more return: 10 key workforce findings

Data suggests recruitment and retention pressures may be easing

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
News

Pupil numbers fall as system passes demographic tipping-point

And for the first time, there are now more academies in England than council-maintained schools

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

National Institute of Teaching gains degree-awarding powers

Move means government’s flagship teacher training provider will award its own PGCE to trainees

Freddie Whittaker
Jessie Williams
News

Free school meals extended to all from universal credit households

But schools won’t get more pupil premium funding, and some children to lose eligibility as transitional protections end

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Ministers mull putting health services in spare primary classrooms

Education secretary says government is exploring how to use the school estate for ‘wider family services’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Defence review calls for cadet expansion – despite DfE funding cut

Call from the Ministry of Defence comes less than a year after the DfE scrapped its £1.1m contribution to…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker