News Teaching assistant recruitment a struggle for 3 in 4 heads Secondary and special schools need more to cope with rising SEND demand, but primaries are cutting numbers Freddie Whittaker 1y Freddie Whittaker 1y News Government funding ‘crucial’ to NPQs participants, finds DfE report Revelation that just 12% believe their school would have funded NPQs without DfE cash comes after funding was slashed Freddie Whittaker 1y Freddie Whittaker 1y News Schools pay almost 100% mark-up for supply teachers – DfE study Average secondary supply teacher pay is £150 a day, but schools shell out £291 Freddie Whittaker 1y Freddie Whittaker 1y Teacher training Exclusive New teacher training mentor rules ‘threaten recruitment’ Mentors must train for up to 20 hours and spend 1.5 hours a week with their mentees from this… Lucas Cumiskey 1y Lucas Cumiskey 1y News Exclusive Ofsted inspectors worry about mid-week deluge on duty desk Move comes after Ofsted said it would inform schools of inspections on Mondays Lucas Cumiskey 1y Lucas Cumiskey 1y News Pupil behaviour worse and more teachers bullied, finds survey Government report also reveals more teachers are working flexibly Jack Dyson 1y Jack Dyson 1y Tutoring Just 1 in 6 schools to offer tutoring after NTP, research suggests Tutoring ‘heavily reliant’ on the availability of ring fenced funding, NFER research found Samantha Booth 1y Samantha Booth 1y Academies Exclusive Academy trust given ‘exceptional’ financial help over £6m deficit Arthur Terry Learning Partnership blames economic landscape for its failure to balance budgets Jack Dyson 1y Jack Dyson 1y News Building company ISG’s collapse stalls school rebuilds Construction of new classrooms halts as ISG Construction Limited enters administration Freddie Whittaker 1y Freddie Whittaker 1y Academies Long read Does Labour have an academies problem? DfE officials mull letting councils open schools again as they tackle two-tier system John Dickens 1y John Dickens 1y Ofsted Exclusive Ofsted Academy to publish first training materials this term New service will collate induction, training, learning, development and ‘good practice work’ in a single place Lucas Cumiskey 1y Lucas Cumiskey 1y Academies Exclusive Biggest academy trust merger ever as diocese eyes new mega MATs Diocese plans to move its 236 schools into five trusts, including one chain that will become second-largest in England Jack Dyson 1y Jack Dyson 1y Newer 1 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 1,001 Older