AQA to launch free digital maths tests for schools But England’s largest exam board has delayed plans to introduce on-screen exams
Post-election spending review leaves schools in dark over funding The government has not said what will happen to budgets after next March
Budget 2024: £105m for 15 special free schools, and nothing else Plus no news on tutoring cash extension suggests ‘curtain has crashed down’ on scheme
Martin Lewis: Financial education curriculum win ‘self-defeating’ as schools lack resources Journalist and campaigner also reveals his charity paid over £500k for textbook after government refused to fund it
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 the threshold last year
DfE rapped by watchdog as 1 in 4 FOI responses late Improve response times for information requests or face enforcement, ICO warns
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
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
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