Election 2024

Labour would appoint Sir Kevan Collins as school standards tsar

Collins said the ‘challenges facing our schools will be severe and require a fresh approach from a new government…

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
RAAC

Ministers snubbed school bids to repair RAAC buildings

Findings put the issue of inadequate capital investment under the spotlight once again

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Movers and Shakers

Movers and shakers: Keller, Atkinson, Farnham, Piper, Nicholls

An athlete, keen hill climber and a former city worker are among those getting new jobs

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
Election 2024

Enough spare classrooms to meet Labour nursery pledge

Party has said it would spend £140 million converting spare classrooms into nurseries at 3,334 primary schools

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Academies

Ministers face another £500k loss on failed £35m free school

Parkfield also says it ‘can’t compete’ with a newer free school, laying bare problems with government’s flagship policy

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Teacher training

1,300 teacher trainees to miss out on axed top-up courses

Desperate trainees have been left in tears after struggling to secure a place, course providers said

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson


Teacher training

NPQs: Trusts reveal viability fears after courses slashed

Leaders fear cash-strapped schools which miss out on free NPQs will be unable to afford the training

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Schools

‘Children are our future and it’s for them that Tim dedicated his life’ 

Hundreds gather to remember the late Sir Tim Brighouse

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Election 2024

We’ll give Labour time to reach right decision on pay, unions say

September pay deal is first major decision facing Bridget Phillipson following expected Labour win

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Election 2024

SEND: EPI criticises ‘lack of urgency’ on ‘most pressing’ issue

Think tank calls for funding review and for budgets to be ‘grounded in the level of need’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Awards

102 winners scoop silver at 2024 Pearson National Teaching Awards

‘Phenomenal devotion’ of teachers, leaders and lecturers recognised

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
School funding

Election delays universal free school meals funding decision

Schools will receive first payments for 2024-25 based on this year’s funding rate

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker