Schools

Labour’s school improvement teams will deliver misogyny training

Research shows rise in references to sexual harassment, abuse and safeguarding incidents in Ofsted reports

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

International applicants prop up flagging teacher recruitment

One expert said the analysis suggests teaching profession is ‘shifting towards becoming increasingly dependent on immigration’

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Politics

Ark stands by chair Sir Paul Marshall over social media activity

The Conservative donor has been accused of liking and sharing extremist posts

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Lambeth spent £230k on legal fees over superhead departure

It was revealed the council had reached a settlement with Sir Craig Tunstall last month

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Ofsted

Ofsted: Employers lack skills to help SEND pupils on work experience

Leaders ‘prioritised work experience and many were building relationships with employers’, but with ‘mixed results’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Schools warned over Big Classroom ‘possible subscription trap’

Teachers got stung by bills of nearly £500 and legal threats after signing up for a free trial

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson


Resits

Zero-tolerance resit rule could cost schools £10m

Heads warn the ‘out-of-the-blue’ changes, which include minimum teaching hours, are ‘simply unrealistic’

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

Schools face struggle to plug the gaps in ‘bankrupt’ Birmingham

School leaders warn councils making multi-million pound cuts to children’s service is a ‘sign that something is badly wrong’

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Supply teachers

Supply teachers plan Post Office-style legal action to take down umbrella companies

The National Supply Teachers Network to take group litigation over unlawful salary reductions and missing holiday pay

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
School funding

‘Sizeable minority’ of academy trusts ‘vulnerable’ as pupil numbers fall

Analysis finds hundreds of primary-only or majority trusts could be in financial jeopardy

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Academies

Academy trust top slicing is on the up (but do schools get better deal?)

As two trusts top-slice almost 10%, chiefs say running services in-house saves time and money for heads

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
School funding

‘Severe hardship’ as thousands of schools get 0.5% funding rise

Academy trust body requests emergency funding following government’s reduction in minimum per-pupil funding levels

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker