Teaching assistant recruitment a struggle for 3 in 4 heads Secondary and special schools need more to cope with rising SEND demand, but primaries are cutting numbers
Government funding ‘crucial’ to NPQs participants, finds DfE report Revelation that just 12% believe their school would have funded NPQs without DfE cash comes after funding was slashed
Schools pay almost 100% mark-up for supply teachers – DfE study Average secondary supply teacher pay is £150 a day, but schools shell out £291
Building company ISG’s collapse stalls school rebuilds Construction of new classrooms halts as ISG Construction Limited enters administration
Councils brace for another big rise in SEND transport and admin costs Local authorities expect to spend £1.5 billion on transport for SEND pupils this year
Labour conference 2024: Bridget Phillipson’s speech in full The education secretary addressed party members at their annual gathering in Liverpool
Phillipson wants school-based nurseries open next year under £15m capital scheme Up to 300 primary schools will be handed funding in the spring to convert empty classrooms
Minister ‘keen to learn’ from Khan’s free school meals policy Stephen Morgan reveals ‘live conversation’ in government over potential future ‘interventions’
Leaders fear Ofsted ‘running away’ with report card design Unions call for DfE to take charge amid fears the watchdog is ‘reforming itself’