Music

Schools ‘expected’ to publish music development plan summaries

Website summary ‘should reflect how a school delivers music education to pupils and what changes they are planning in…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Home education

Home education abuse review: ‘Protective’ school factor ‘missing from lives’

Review into deaths and abuse of 41 children finds they were ‘less visible to agencies than those who attend…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

DfE ‘lack of engagement’ with outdoor space inquiry criticised

But top civil servant says department ‘does not hold formal joint responsibility for the policy areas in the inquiry’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Management information systems

Competition watchdog launches another probe into SIMs

CMA probing concerns ESS SIMS could be ‘abusing’ its ‘dominant’ market position after Schools Week investigation

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Recruitment and retention

Five key findings on teacher recruitment and retention

Cutting workload could have similar impact to raising pay, finds report

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
School funding

Teachers’ pensions: Emergency fund needed to cover grant shortfall

Union leaders write to ministers after warnings that schools face funding shortfalls ‘of £70,000 or more’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


Academies

MATs ‘more likely’ to be approved to run council-proposed special schools

DfE introduces expectation that bids via the ‘free school presumption route’ demonstrate ‘resilience’ in face of falling rolls and…

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Academies

Regional directors push growing MATs to mentors

Bosses of trusts wanting to expand are now being told by regional directors to get mentoring from experienced CEOs

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Teacher training

School teacher trainers reveal ITTECF mentor workload doubts

ITT providers lack confidence government will achieve key targets through its new teacher training framework, survey suggests

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Unions

From the frontline: Heads reveal poverty, abuse and funding woes

Headteachers share their big talking points at the annual NAHT school leaders’ conference

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Faith schools

Catholic school caught up in row over abolition of 50% cap

Education secretary criticised for launching faith reforms at school with fewer pupils on free school meals

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Alternative provision

Alternative provision: Let disrupted pupils repeat year 11, says de Souza

DfE should also fund ‘graduated stepdown programme of support for all year 11 leavers’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker