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

Freddie Whittaker
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

Freddie Whittaker
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

Freddie Whittaker
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

Freddie Whittaker
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

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Attendance

The 10 new attendance rules schools need to know about

Ministers publish new guidance that will become statutory from September

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Number of children ‘missing education’ rises a quarter

117,000 children were not registered at a school and not receiving a suitable education elsewhere at some point last...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Attendance

Absence fines rise to £80 and daily data mandatory from September

Penalties for unauthorised absence will hit £80, and all schools will have to join attendance tracker scheme

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Attendance

Persistent absence risks children’s futures. Here’s how we’ll address it

Raising fines and making guidance and daily data submissions mandatory will boost early intervention and a support-first approach, says...

Freddie Whittaker
Damian Hinds