Teacher sickness absence soars in wake of pandemic More than 3.2 million working days were missed due to illness last year
Two million children now eligible for free school meals Eligibility has increased by 40 per cent since the Covid pandemic began
We’ll ‘take action’ to support heads, says Keegan after Perry family meeting But no further details of the government’s plan have been released
7 bleak findings that show school recruitment crisis is intensifying Researchers warn of ‘perfect storm’ of teacher shortages, career moves and a tight labour market
Labour’s private school VAT raid sums may be £600m out, says think tank EDSK says calculations are ‘flawed’, but Labour defends costings of plan to remove charitable status
Unions plan joint school staff meetings to ‘maximise’ strike votes In ‘almost unprecedented show of solidarity’, unions ask all schools to adopt approach in ‘battle for the very future of education’
Revealed: The 21 experts to oversee roll-out of SEND reforms Board members tasked with holding government to account for ‘timely development and improvement’ of SEND system
NAHT mulls joining campaigners for Ofsted legal action Whiteman favours ‘single collaborative approach’ over a ‘series of separate legal actions’
DfE and Ofsted staff offered one-off £1,500 in pay dispute Offer would apply to all civil servants on grade 6 or below, including inspectors