Free school meals

Minister ‘keen to learn’ from Khan’s free school meals policy

Stephen Morgan reveals ‘live conversation’ in government over potential future ‘interventions’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Labour conference round-up: Curriculum, teacher hours and report cards

Curriculum review ‘big bangs’, reviewing the teacher working hours limit and encouraging specialist teachers to swap subjects all on…

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
News

Trust boss: Time to review ‘archaic’ teaching hours limit

Lift Schools chief executive says ‘we can’t continue to rigidly count hours if we want to be seen as…

John Dickens
John Dickens
Politics

Labour conference round-up: SEND, inclusion and breakfast clubs

SEND reforms, breakfast clubs and making the school workforce more inclusive were all on the agenda as the Labour…

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
SEND

Phillipson hints at wider SEND reforms

Education secretary says ‘we need to have a conversation about how we look to reform the system overall’

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
Breakfast clubs

Breakfast clubs ‘early adopter scheme’ to launch in April

Up to 750 schools will be invited to take part in trial before national roll out of government’s free…

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey


Academies

Under-fire Brighton trust reviews ‘excessive’ pooling policy

MAT launches ‘comprehensive review’ of financial plans and funding model after strikes over GAG pooling

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
News

Leaders fear Ofsted ‘running away’ with report card design

Unions call for DfE to take charge amid fears the watchdog is ‘reforming itself’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

Ofsted considering local context in ITT drop-out rates

Senior official says further research on ITT drop-out rates ‘could be used to establish differences in teacher retention rates’

Jack Dyson
Lucas Cumiskey
DfE

DfE worried about board ‘diversity’ over Collins appointment

Unearthed emails reveal civil servants’ concerns non-exec board was ‘all white men of a similar age’

Jack Dyson
Freddie Whittaker
News

Labour promises to publish Lilac sky academy scandal investigation – but won’t give a date

But it is keeping quiet on when the report, kept secret for years by the Conservatives, will surface

John Dickens
John Dickens
Schools

Council crackdown after school spa day gifts

An internal audit found ‘irregularities involving inappropriate use of school funds’

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth