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 1y Freddie Whittaker 1y 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 1y Lucas Cumiskey 1y 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 1y Jack Dyson 1y 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 1y Samantha Booth 1y 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 1y Jessica Hill 1y 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 1y Freddie Whittaker 1y 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 1y Lucas Cumiskey 1y 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 1y Samantha Booth 1y 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 1y Donna Ford Clarke, Senior Product Director, Pearson PLC 1y 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 1y Freddie Whittaker 1y Election 2024 Next government faces ‘painful’ school funding choices – IfS Making savings from falling rolls will be ‘easier said than done’, warns think tank Freddie Whittaker 1y Freddie Whittaker 1y Ofsted Ofsted: Trusts ‘not convinced’ judgments are ‘appropriate or optimal’ CST tells Ofsted’s Big Listen that a separate safeguarding judgment may have ‘merit’, but warns against rushed move to… Jack Dyson 1y Jack Dyson 1y Newer 1 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 989 Older
