Ofsted Leaders divided over Labour plan for Ofsted trust inspections Labour wants Ofsted to inspect trusts as well as individual schools Lucas Cumiskey 12mo Lucas Cumiskey 12mo Schools Birmingham withdraws schools from £100m IT system Heads were unable to make financial plans as glitches left them waiting months to learn the size of their… Jack Dyson 12mo Jack Dyson 12mo School funding Two in three special schools face real-terms cuts, unions warn Special schools’ spending power is £419 million lower than it was in 2010 Freddie Whittaker 12mo Freddie Whittaker 12mo Recruitment and retention Thousands of state teachers switch to private sector More teachers have left state schools to work in the independent sector than vice versa in every year since… Lucas Cumiskey 12mo Lucas Cumiskey 12mo School buildings Investigation Councils still paying PFI bills for closed schools (but some can’t talk about it) Investigation exposes ongoing complexities of PFI deals, use of gagging clauses and how the DfE paid off contracts in… Jack Dyson 12mo Jack Dyson 12mo Mental health Study: Access to school counselling would ‘pay for itself’ in 10 years Counselling could help ‘missing middle’ of children who don’t meet mental health treatment thresholds, Public First study says Samantha Booth 12mo Samantha Booth 12mo SEND Exclusive Third of ‘safety-valve’ councils face ‘bankruptcy’ Local authorities receiving bailouts in exchange for savings plans still fear they won’t set balanced budgets Jessica Hill 12mo Jessica Hill 12mo Alternative provision Alternative provision placements soar to pre-pandemic levels New government statistics also show a rise in pupils places in AP because of mental health needs or behaviour… Freddie Whittaker 12mo Freddie Whittaker 12mo Wellbeing Friday afternoons off and a tea trolley: How one school is bucking the retention trend School bans after-work meetings and finishes at 1.40pm on Fridays, allowing staff to jet off on city breaks Lucas Cumiskey 12mo Lucas Cumiskey 12mo Recruitment and retention Teaching workforce grows by just 259 as recruitment stalls Almost as many teachers left the profession as entered it last year Samantha Booth 12mo Samantha Booth 12mo Sponsored post Sponsored How can we prepare learners for their future in an ever-changing world? By focusing their curriculums on transferable skills, digital skills, and sustainability, schools and colleges can be confident that learners… SWAdvertorial 12mo Donna Ford Clarke, Senior Product Director, Pearson PLC 12mo School funding Cost of living and teacher pay rises forcing cuts in schools Schools struggle to get mental health and SEND support for pupils while providing meals and food parcels to hungry… Freddie Whittaker 12mo Freddie Whittaker 12mo Newer 1 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 975 Older