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Election ‘highly likely’ to delay national funding formula, NAHT warns

The upcoming snap election could cause the national funding formula to be “delayed or abandoned”, the National Association of...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Election disrupts free school funding agreements

Pre-election “purdah” has put the brakes on the government’s free schools policy, with a number of institutions due to...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Low ratings for grammar-sponsored academies

Half of academies sponsored by grammar schools are rated as requiring improvement or inadequate, casting doubt on the effectiveness...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Opinion

May and Hammond are the obstacles to progress in education

June’s general election is a make or break moment for schools and young people, says NAHT president and headteacher...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Heads back CofE call to ban parents withdrawing children from RE

Headteachers have backed Church of England plans to ban parents from withdrawing their pupils from religious education, claiming it...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Justine Greening pulls out of NAHT conference

Justine Greening will not address the annual conference of the National Association of Head Teachers this weekend after her...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Funding system for new schools ‘increasingly incoherent’, say MPs

Funding for new schools is delivered through an “increasingly incoherent” system, with the government frequently paying “over the odds” for sites...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Labour pledges to bring back EMA with corporation tax hike

Labour will raise corporation tax to fund the re-introduction of the education maintenance allowance, the party has revealed today....

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Corbyn promises to halt rise of ‘super-size’ classes in latest Labour schools pledge

Jeremy Corbyn has claimed that children are being “crammed in classrooms like sardines” and pledged to keep class sizes down...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker