ASCL launches ‘unprecedented’ indicative strike ballot Headteachers’ union asks members if they would be prepared to take industrial action in historic first
Trusts work up contingency plans for sixth form college teacher strike It comes as a heads’ union also balloting members said it did not ‘envisage’ asking them to close schools
Councils will continue to check schools’ teacher induction until 2024 But DfE will proceed with plan to toughen up guidance on school checks
Sixth form college teachers vote for strike action National Education Union reveals result of ballot of over 4,000 staff in 77 sixth form colleges across England
Tory MPs warn against ‘indefensible’ school cuts as Hunt hints at more energy support Ex-education secretary Kit Malthouse signs letter to chancellor, as former schools minister says DfE budget should ‘not be touched’
DfE plans language hubs expansion with £14.9m funding A new ‘centre of excellence’ will be established to work with up to 25 ‘hub’ schools
Swedish for-profit free school experiment fails to make grade Provider of state-funded private schools that inspired Michael Gove withdraws from UK market and its only school in England
Grammar school ordered to pay back £1.5m in overclaimed maintenance cash Single-academy trust ‘knowingly took decisions to utilise funding on works beyond the scope of the approved bids’, probe finds
Treasury to claw back ‘staggering’ £100m+ of unspent tutoring cash Underspend could equate to a sixth of catch-up cash last year, as DfE survey shows falling subsidies put schools off