Schools

Supreme Court holiday pay ruling could ‘open the floodgates’ for claims

Music teacher's victory will have big ramifications for schools using permanent term-time-only contracts

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Opinion

‘We got teachers the best and fairest pay deal we possibly could’

The education secretary writes about next year's pay deal, and his 'admiration' for teachers

Freddie Whittaker
James Cleverly
Schools

DfE announces 5% pay rise for most teachers in 2022-23

Starting salaries will increase by 8.9 per cent next year, but experienced teachers get below-inflation rise

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics, Schools

Campaigners warn against ‘dangerous’ register of children not in school

Move to amend schools bill to collect data on pupils' protected characteristics also questioned

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Health and safety watchdog to inspect schools’ asbestos management

DfE data suggests more than eight in 10 schools have the harmful material on their sites

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

Ofsted job cut inspection warning, plus 9 more annual account findings

Plans to slim down the civil service could have 'implications' for new inspection work

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Pupil numbers to shrink by 12% over the next decade

Government revises down 2032 pupil number prediction in the face of 'notably lower birth projections'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Quince appointed schools minister as caretaker roles confirmed

Brendan Clarke-Smith gets children's brief in shake-up following mass resignations

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Covid

School attendance hits five-month low, workforce absence soars

Nearly one in 10 secondary school teachers were off last week, DfE estimates

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker