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‘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

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Pupil numbers

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

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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National Institute of Teaching gains degree-awarding powers

Move means government's flagship teacher training provider will award its own PGCE to trainees

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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

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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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'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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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...

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Freddie Whittaker
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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'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Teacher pay

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

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Teacher pay

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

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker