Post-16 AP funding gap exposed as school raids reserves AP school forced to use £180k of reserves to launch sixth form, reigniting calls for post-16 transition funding
Maternity pay gap sparks strike in London chain Trust that already offers maternity pay 30% above national levels faces action over ‘two-tier’ policy claim
‘Breaking point’: governors say budgets now their biggest worry Survey finds one in ten governors say their school relied on a loan or council support to stay afloat
Government lacks ‘coherent plan’ to boost teacher recruitment MPs also tell ministers to assess how effective pay rises are at retaining staff amid concerns over 6,500 teacher target
Enforcement ‘first’, legal threats and place ‘caps’: Councils reveal admission woes Watchdog report shows widespread clashes between councils and academy trusts as Labour plans school admission reforms
‘It’s refreshing Labour isn’t thrusting random vision on sector’, says Francis Curriculum review chair says government’s approach means her review won’t ‘tip the sector over’
DfE officials ‘concerned’ over school building impact of Grenfell bans Warning government action against firms could hit ‘every’ school project, amid ‘concerning’ DfE emails
Ofqual considering ‘action’ amid AI coursework concerns Exams regulator also has a crack team examining the ‘risks and benefits’ of artificial intelligence
MAT backtracks on ‘dangerous’ pension changes, unions claim England’s biggest MAT will no longer roll out controversial pension plan from September, NAHT says