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 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 1y Lucas Cumiskey 1y 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 1y Lucas Cumiskey 1y 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 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 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 1y Lucas Cumiskey 1y 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 1y Samantha Booth 1y 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 1y Samantha Booth 1y 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 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 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 1y Schools Week Reporter 1y 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 1y Lucas Cumiskey 1y Newer 1 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 1,025 Older