Burnout warning as school staff become ‘de facto social workers’ Most school staff work at least four extra hours a week providing support previously offered by collapsed social and healthcare services, report finds
Schools turn to crowdfunding Ofsted challenges A Cambridge school lodges judicial review request over ‘inadequate’ rating amid anger following death of Ruth Perry
‘It’s everyone’s worst nightmare’: Schools hit by teacher training crisis Four in ten teacher trainers report more difficulty in placing recruits as schools struggle to mentor trainees
‘Hand in your badges’: Ruth Perry’s sister urges heads not work as Ofsted inspectors Professor Julia Waters tells NAHT conference members should ‘refuse to be complicit in Ofsted’s reign of terror’
DfE on course to recruit less than half of required secondary teachers Analysis of new government recruitment targets shows teacher supply is ‘spiralling out of control’
More heads cut school trips amid funding crisis Sutton Trust research finds steep rises in schools cutting back on teaching assistants and IT equipment
School inspections don’t hold MATs ‘sufficiently accountable’, says Ofsted New report says inspections also don’t allow trusts to get credit, despite their growing influence over schools’ quality of education
School that overturned academy order will join a trust Yew Tree Primary won a judicial review against forced academisation in 2021, costing tens of thousands of pounds
Schools cut classroom hours to hold on to teachers Headteachers hope scheme will boost recruitment numbers as ‘yoga or free biscuits’ no longer enough