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
Freddie Whittaker
News

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
Lucas Cumiskey
News

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
Lucas Cumiskey
Inclusion

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
Freddie Whittaker and Samantha Booth
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
John Dickens
School food

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
Lucas Cumiskey


Inclusion

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
Samantha Booth
Inclusion

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
Samantha Booth
Assessment

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
Schools Week Reporter
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
Schools Week Reporter
News

44 planned free schools in doubt as review launched

Phillipson signals end of Tory free schools as centrally-delivered projects face ‘value for money’ reviews

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
Pay and conditions

Pay scales for teachers and leaders in England from September 2024

DfE confirms pay scales following offer of 5.5 per cent to teachers and leaders

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey