News

NEU likely to hold off on strike ballot until pay body outcome

Motion to conference also urges leaders to consider 'disengaging' from STRB process if ministers ignore its advice

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
NEU Conference

Strikes, maternity pay and SATs boycott: NEU conference preview

Eight interesting motions that will set the agenda at the education union's conference next week

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools Bill

Council chief: ‘We’re not interested in making life difficult for academies’

But new Association of Directors of Children's Services president says schools need to be 'where the children are'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Movers and Shakers

Russell Hobby to be CEO of The Kemnal Academies Trust

Ex-NAHT general secretary and Teach First leader announced plans to leave the teacher training charity last year

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Parents to get more of their money back from sQuid

Company said it had 'reviewed its refund policy' after Schools Week revealed parents' concerns

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Oli de Botton appointed ‘expert adviser’ to Starmer on education

Former head will leave role at the Careers and Enterprise Company this month

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Freddie Whittaker
Nursery

Revealed: The first 300 schools splitting £37m nursery cash

Ministers announced last June they would repurpose empty primary school classrooms to create 100,000 childcare places in 3,334 settings

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
School funding

Teacher union reports ‘surge’ in concerns about redundancies

NASUWT leader says he raised 'serious concerns' with government about funding in December

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
AI

Using AI to judge writing could ‘revolutionise’ assessment – trial

No More Marking says its trial found AI is 'very good at judging student writing and is a viable...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker