Attendance

Absence fines: 1 in 5 pupils could fall below threshold

Around 1.7m children could now face fines, analysis finds, with 40 per cent of disadvantaged year 10 pupils below...

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Freddie Whittaker
Transparency

DfE rapped by watchdog as 1 in 4 FOI responses late

Improve response times for information requests or face enforcement, ICO warns

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Freddie Whittaker
Movers and Shakers

Movers and shakers: Claire Heald, Derek Hills, Catherine Charnock, Rory Gribbell, Charles Byrne

Lord of the Rings superfan and former MasterChef contestant are among those starting new jobs

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Freddie Whittaker
Teacher pay

Give teachers and leaders ‘double digit’ pay rise, says NAHT

Primary heads' union becomes latest to demand above-inflation rise and restoration of pay following real-terms cuts

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Freddie Whittaker
Teacher pay

ASCL wants ‘fully-funded, above-inflation’ pay rise in 2024

Government also needs plan to “fully restore the erosion of pay” since 2010, says leadership union

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Freddie Whittaker
Attendance

Absence fines rake in £19m as schools and councils get strict

Takings from absence fines were 17.5% higher last year than before the pandemic

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Freddie Whittaker
Teacher pay

DfE raided capital coffers for £250m towards teacher pay grant

Funding also came from tutoring underspend and 16 to 19 cash, but DfE refuses to give more details

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Freddie Whittaker
Teacher pay

Keegan calls for return to ‘more sustainable’ teacher pay rises

Education secretary tells teacher pay body that schools only have 1.2 per cent headroom in budgets

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Freddie Whittaker
Attendance

The 10 new attendance rules schools need to know about

Ministers publish new guidance that will become statutory from September

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Freddie Whittaker