‘Teachers visa’ and agency regulation: 5 ways to improve overseas recruitment Government evaluation found some international recruits were ‘unprepared’ for the behaviour in English schools
Pupil numbers fall as system passes demographic tipping-point And for the first time, there are now more academies in England than council-maintained schools
National Institute of Teaching gains degree-awarding powers Move means government’s flagship teacher training provider will award its own PGCE to trainees
Free school meals extended to all from universal credit households But schools won’t get more pupil premium funding, and some children to lose eligibility as transitional protections end
Ministers mull putting health services in spare primary classrooms Education secretary says government is exploring how to use the school estate for ‘wider family services’
Defence review calls for cadet expansion – despite DfE funding cut Call from the Ministry of Defence comes less than a year after the DfE scrapped its £1.1m contribution to cadets expansion
Education cuts would risk school budgets, warns IFS Analysis ‘will make harrowing reading for school and college leaders already faced with intense pressures on their budgets’
Teacher pay and conditions: 5 suggestions from the STRB Make schools ‘fully embrace’ flexible working, review pay grades and consider multi-year settlements, says review body
Teacher pay: DfE accepts 4% rise, provides £615m funding But schools must fund a quarter of the rise themselves, on top of savings they’ve already budgeted for