Inclusion Exclusive Councils snub alternative funding to press on with special schools Local authorities were offered the choice of continuing with projects or taking cash to boost places elsewhere Samantha Booth 1mo Samantha Booth 1mo Academies Struggling trust failed to clear payment to outgoing ‘senior executive’ MAT also did not conduct internal audit as reserves tumbled due to ‘rising costs’, accounts show Jack Dyson 1mo Jack Dyson 1mo Schools ‘Barriers’ to upper pay range cause frustration for teachers Staff report ‘shifting’ goalposts as union warns of ‘significant contribution to the exodus’ of teachers Lydia Chantler-Hicks 1mo Lydia Chantler-Hicks 1mo Schools Speech and language screening pilot reveals ‘shocking’ level of need Analysis suggests 6 in 10 children given universal screening were found to have speech and language needs Lydia Chantler-Hicks 1mo Lydia Chantler-Hicks 1mo News Exclusive Dodgy DfE data shortens schools’ working weeks Figures suggested one in six schools are not complying with the 32.5 hour week Ruth Lucas 1mo Ruth Lucas 1mo School improvement Exclusive ‘Schoolboy error’ sees smaller schools escape RISE low attainment crackdown The DfE has not contacted some primaries potentially needing RISE support because low pupil numbers mean data goes unpublished Jack Dyson 1mo Jack Dyson 1mo Ofsted Alarm over ‘generic’ wording in 12 Ofsted report cards An investigation revealed the same paragraph was used in report cards for 12 different schools Lydia Chantler-Hicks 1mo Lydia Chantler-Hicks 1mo News Full list of 93 behaviour and attendance hubs revealed DfE says hubs will be led by schools ‘with a proven record of turning behaviour and attendance around’ Schools Week Reporter 2mo Schools Week Reporter 2mo Academies Exclusive Best-paid academy boss earns £530k after £15k pay rise Harris Federation CEO Sir Dan Moynihan received £15k wage hike last year, newly published accounts show Jack Dyson 2mo Jack Dyson 2mo Attendance Absence fines level out after post-Covid surge Unions argue new £80 penalties are not ‘much of a deterrent’ amid fresh calls for limits on travel firm… Jack Dyson 2mo Jack Dyson 2mo News Only suspend pupils for most serious behaviour, DfE tells schools New suspensions guidance coming with white paper, but headteachers to retain autonomy Ruth Lucas 2mo Ruth Lucas 2mo Behaviour Exclusive Attendance and behaviour hubs: 29 more lead schools revealed Schools Week obtains list of additional lead schools, with several more due to be announced later this week Chaminda Jayanetti 2mo Chaminda Jayanetti 2mo Newer 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 1,028 Older