News Risk ‘positive’ school improvement story ‘masks growing challenges’, says ex-DfE adviser Sam Freedman says it’s ‘hard to see’ how issues faced by schools can be fixed without investment Freddie Whittaker 1y Freddie Whittaker 1y Budget 2024 Budget 2024: £1.4bn for school rebuilding next year Treasury says existing rebuilding programme cash will be £550m more than last year, but no word yet on school… Billy Camden 1y Billy Camden 1y News National insurance rise could be a £400m headache for schools NFER adds its voice to calls for schools to be reimbursed as its analysis finds rise could add ‘significant… Freddie Whittaker 1y Freddie Whittaker 1y community hubs United Learning to launch charity to run community hubs But country’s largest trust stresses the initiative won’t ‘take resource from teaching and learning’ Lucas Cumiskey 1y Lucas Cumiskey 1y Disadvantage Investigation: Disadvantaged school leaders’ uphill battle Calls for a review of disadvantage measures and support after analysis reveals full scale of challenge for leaders in… Lucas Cumiskey 1y Lucas Cumiskey 1y SEND Mainstream could meet SEN needs of ‘tens of thousands’ more pupils Government report finds 35,000 more pupils could have needs met in mainstream schools if system is improved Freddie Whittaker 1y Freddie Whittaker and Samantha Booth 1y Academies Lilac Sky scandal: £3m of ‘contentious, irregular or improper’ payments revealed Government investigation ‘outcome’ report comes eight years after intervention, but contains just three pages and few details John Dickens 1y John Dickens 1y Free school meals Proportion of poorer school pupils going on to university falls Fall in the ‘progression rate’ of pupils eligible for free school meals is first since current records began in… Lucas Cumiskey 1y Lucas Cumiskey 1y SEND SEND in crisis: ‘Whole-system reform needed’, says NAO Government’s spending watchdog also says councils need ‘urgent’ intervention to stop widespread financial meltdown Samantha Booth 1y Samantha Booth 1y SEND SEND in crisis: NAO’s 8 damning findings The government’s spending watchdog has called for ‘whole-system reform’ of special needs education, warning the system is ‘financially unsustainable’… Samantha Booth 1y Samantha Booth 1y Exams 2024 league tables delayed until after parents pick secondary school Government also extends deadline for school results checking exercises until November 7 after issues with results Schools Week Reporter 1y Schools Week Reporter 1y News School support staff unions accept £1,290 pay deal Agreement follows biggest support staff union falling short in ballot for strike action Schools Week Reporter 1y Schools Week Reporter 1y Newer 1 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 1,012 Older
