Recruitment and retention
Report calls for recruitment target for women heads and priority childcare places for teachers to halt exodus
Jack Dyson
Recruitment and retention
The process should be supportive, reduce workload and discuss working hours
Freddie Whittaker
Academies
Academy trust handbook update also includes pause on electric car schemes and finance lease changes
Jack Dyson
Teacher Regulation Agency
Regulator blames leap in referrals lodged by members of the public for increased caseload
Jack Dyson
SEND
Risk that councils’ financial challenges will impede essential support services now ‘critical’
Samantha Booth and Jack Dyson
ESFA
£4.5m academy write-offs, risks of ‘errors’ and bumper £107k ‘exit package’ payout
Jack Dyson
SATs
Agency plans to ‘transform’ how it engages with schools, but still misses phone targets
Freddie Whittaker and Samantha Booth
Private schools
The new government has published a policy paper on one of its flagship education proposals
Jack Dyson
Teacher pay
If ‘done well’ targeting pay by subject might be ‘a useful approach’ to address shortage subject recruitment in a…
Samantha Booth
Teacher pay
Is it really ‘fully funded’? Can schools afford it? And what else has been announced?
Freddie Whittaker
Teacher pay
DfE confirms it will hand schools £1.2bn to help pay for staff rises, but they’ll have to contribute £600m…
Freddie Whittaker
Politics
School founder and former Blair speechwriter had played key role in drawing up PM’s core ‘missions’
Freddie Whittaker
