Academies

Academy trusts face improvement notices for ‘unsafe’ buildings

Academy trust handbook update also includes pause on electric car schemes and finance lease changes

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Teacher Regulation Agency

Teacher misconduct cases ‘driven up’ by parent complaints

Regulator blames leap in referrals lodged by members of the public for increased caseload

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
SEND

SEND system ‘very likely’ to become unsustainable, warns DfE

Risk that councils’ financial challenges will impede essential support services now ‘critical’

Freddie Whittaker
Samantha Booth and Jack Dyson
ESFA

ESFA annual report and accounts: 8 things we learned

£4.5m academy write-offs, risks of ‘errors’ and bumper £107k ‘exit package’ payout

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
SATs

SATs helpline struggling, and 9 more findings from STA accounts

Agency plans to ‘transform’ how it engages with schools, but still misses phone targets

Samantha Booth
Freddie Whittaker and Samantha Booth
Private schools

Explainer: Labour’s VAT plan for private schools

The new government has published a policy paper on one of its flagship education proposals

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson


Teacher pay

STRB backs careful move to targeting pay by subject

If ‘done well’ targeting pay by subject might be ‘a useful approach’ to address shortage subject recruitment in a…

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Teacher pay

Teacher pay 2024: Everything you need to know

Is it really ‘fully funded’? Can schools afford it? And what else has been announced?

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Teacher pay

Reeves accepts 5.5% teacher pay recommendation

DfE confirms it will hand schools £1.2bn to help pay for staff rises, but they’ll have to contribute £600m…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Starmer adviser Peter Hyman won’t join Downing Street team

School founder and former Blair speechwriter had played key role in drawing up PM’s core ‘missions’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Curriculum review must avoid ‘soft bigotry of low expectations’ – Barran

Ex-minister invokes Gove as she says curriculum review should ‘scale best practice’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
BTECs

BTECs reform pause and review: Everything you need to know

DfE to conclude review of defunding reforms by December, but Labour accused of ‘betrayal’ amid lack of long-term pause

Billy Camden
Billy Camden