Schools sound alarm over ‘frightening’ 11% funding raid Council warns it will effectively go bankrupt if its soaring budget black hole is not resolved
Trusts plan their own private SEND schools amid place crisis Government free school support contractor working with five academy trusts on proposals to ‘drive down prices’
Phillipson invokes zeal of Gove reforms in Labour schools vision Former minister brought ‘energy and drive and determination’ that is required again, says shadow education secretary
‘This isn’t the end of pen-and-paper exams’, Pearson says as English GCSEs set to go on-screen The board is the latest to announce its timeline for digital assessment, but will still offer the choice of paper-based exams
Ofqual confirms plan for GCSE exam aids in 2024 Exams regulator green lights formulae and equation sheets for one final year
‘Bankrupt’ councils eye education budgets for savings School leaders urge government to invest more in public services amid potential cuts
Government ‘not governing’ as schools policies in limbo Schools Week analysis finds at least 21 policies promised for this year have yet to materialise
How investors are making millions from the ‘bankrupt’ SEND system Independent special schools run by private equity firms are now propping up the sector amid a capacity crisis. But at what cost?
Leaders warn against sudden changes as Lords call to scrap EBacc Schools sector ‘prone to swinging from one end of the pendulum to another’, peers warned after report calls for widespread reform