Ministers scrap physics and languages bursaries for foreign trainees Experts warn this is ‘not a time for scaling back’ recruitment tactics, and criticise surprise mid-year change
NEU to formally ballot teachers on strike action Education secretary Bridget Phillipson blasts move as ‘massively premature’
Attendance and behaviour will remain linked, says Ofsted Union boss warns schools will continue to be punished and parents confused
DfE ‘ignores’ special school staff in annual workforce forecasts Lack of specific data is ‘mind-boggling’ as the SEND reforms loom and special schools are over-stretched
‘Protect and nurture’ university role in teacher training, says outgoing UCET boss James Noble-Rogers reflects on decades advocating for university teacher training departments
Government-funded ‘Get into Teaching’ events scrapped by DfE The department quietly updated its website to say it had 'made the decision not to run own-brand events'
Supply staff agency fee caps: What schools need to know New framework will help tackle 'exorbitant' supplier fees charged by some agencies
Ofsted: More inclusive schools more likely to be graded down, analysis suggests Analysis of more than 650 Ofsted reports renews concern around use of 'crude' national averages
School food funding ‘not sufficient’ says school praised by DfE The Devon school had to find £16,652 extra to pay for meals lauded in new school food standards