Teacher Regulation Agency

Teacher misconduct cases ‘driven up’ by parent complaints

Regulator blames leap in referrals lodged by members of the public for increased caseload

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Jack Dyson
ESFA

ESFA annual report and accounts: 8 things we learned

£4.5m academy write-offs, risks of 'errors' and bumper £107k 'exit package' payout

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Jack Dyson
Private schools

Explainer: Labour’s VAT plan for private schools

The new government has published a policy paper on one of its flagship education proposals

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Jack Dyson
SEND

Eight reforms to fix ‘broken’ SEND system from councils-backed report

A national regulator, greater clarity over needs, clampdown on private sector profits and 'less adversarial' system proposed

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Jack Dyson
Disadvantage

DfE can’t show ‘value for money’ of £9.2bn disadvantage spend

Spending watchdog finds 'limited evidence' of how well almost half of funding to narrow attainment gap is used

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Jack Dyson
Academies

Academies: No MAT target, but mergers growing

Around one in five trusts which were running schools in 2019 are no longer in operation

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Jack Dyson
Election 2024

Funding: ‘Functioning’ schools ‘won’t be immediate priority’

Ex-education adviser warns of 'very difficult conversations' on teacher pay

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Jack Dyson
Election 2024

5 big schools policy hurdles for the next government

Politics guru Sam Freedman and trust boss Lucy Heller set out the education changes coming, and the hurdles

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Jack Dyson
MAT funding

Trust staff go on strike as GAG pooling row escalates

First strikes over MAT central charges start as union demands radical changes to trust's GAG pooling policy

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Jack Dyson