Schools

No ‘strong evidence’ of retention boost from teacher student loan forgiveness

Pilot that reimburses teachers their tuition fee repayments had 'subtle' influence on career choices

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Labour pledges end to ‘needless micro-management of schools’

Shadow education secretary says she'll 'trust' leaders to know when their schools need help

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Teacher training

Just 1 in 5 free NPQ places taken up so far

Providers point to 'challenges' caused by Covid-19, confusion and overlaps with other qualifications

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

‘Don’t pressure staff to cross picket lines’, unions tell members

Two unions issue joint statement to avoid tensions between members over impending walkouts

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Teacher strikes: NAHT will re-ballot members, Whiteman pledges

Leader says union will 'test members' views again when talks conclude or break down'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Schools sought for EEF trials to boost science and reading

Schools sought to take part in trials of Ascents 121, Focus4Taps and FFT Reciprocal Reading

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

Ofsted won’t inspect schools on strike days

Teachers in the NEU are due to walk out on six days starting from February 1

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Keegan challenges NEU over legality of strike vote announcement

Union leaders say they are 'confident' all employers were informed at around the same time as members

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Academies

United Learning broke academy rules over £133k ‘duplicate payment’

Country's largest trust also reveals it was braced for £10m deficit before autumn statement funding announcement

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker