Transparency DfE rapped by watchdog as 1 in 4 FOI responses late Improve response times for information requests or face enforcement, ICO warns Freddie Whittaker 1y Freddie Whittaker 1y Movers and Shakers Movers and shakers: Claire Heald, Derek Hills, Catherine Charnock, Rory Gribbell, Charles Byrne Lord of the Rings superfan and former MasterChef contestant are among those starting new jobs Freddie Whittaker 1y Freddie Whittaker 1y SEND Exclusive Trauma, expense and delays: Symptoms of a SEND system in ‘complete crisis’ Complaints to the SEND watchdog have nearly tripled over the past five years Samantha Booth 1y Samantha Booth 1y Careers More schools meet careers benchmarks, but most still miss target Proportion of schools meeting all eight Gatsby benchmarks increases by 52% in a year Jack Dyson 1y Jack Dyson 1y Teacher pay Give teachers and leaders ‘double digit’ pay rise, says NAHT Primary heads’ union becomes latest to demand above-inflation rise and restoration of pay following real-terms cuts Freddie Whittaker 1y Freddie Whittaker 1y Schools Poverty: Trusts spend six-figure sums to support ‘crisis’ families News comes amid calls for chancellor Jeremy Hunt to hand out more education cash in next week’s budget Jack Dyson 1y Jack Dyson 1y Teacher pay ASCL wants ‘fully-funded, above-inflation’ pay rise in 2024 Government also needs plan to “fully restore the erosion of pay” since 2010, says leadership union Freddie Whittaker 1y Freddie Whittaker 1y Attendance Exclusive Absence fines rake in £19m as schools and councils get strict Takings from absence fines were 17.5% higher last year than before the pandemic Freddie Whittaker 1y Freddie Whittaker 1y Academies Long read Top of the trusts: Training the next generation of academy CEOs What’s being done to develop the next generation of trust leaders? Schools Week investigates… Lucas Cumiskey 1y Lucas Cumiskey 1y Attendance Exclusive Bigger absence fines won’t solve the problem, attendance tsar admits Rob Tarn speaks to Schools Week about his plans for the new role Jack Dyson 1y Jack Dyson 1y Teacher pay Exclusive DfE raided capital coffers for £250m towards teacher pay grant Funding also came from tutoring underspend and 16 to 19 cash, but DfE refuses to give more details Freddie Whittaker 1y Freddie Whittaker 1y Schools Heads and teachers working longer despite workload push Key government workforce survey reveals longer working weeks, less job satisfaction and more anxiety Samantha Booth 1y Samantha Booth and Jack Dyson 1y Newer 1 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 975 Older
