£25m for instruments as music hubs and PE premium extended Schools asked to “offer at least one hour of music curriculum a week”, with a ‘music development plan’ and music lead
DfE adviser calls for dozens of attendance hubs Trust CEO Rob Tarn wants DfE funding so other schools can follow North Shore Academy’s lead in launching attendance networks
How turnaround trust plans to fix ‘orphan’ school problem The St Joseph CMAT’s chief executive compared its task to a ‘mission to Mars’, but the pilot could spark copycat trusts nationwide
National Institute of Teaching hints at running iQTS training abroad One of the founding trust’s leaders also said the NIoT would mean ‘positive disruption’ for the teacher training sector at home
Covid wipes almost a third off academies’ fundraising income Charity Parentkind said PTA fundraisers upped their hours last year, but suffered from cancelled events and less lucrative virtual ones
Six in 10 councils face DfE intervention to cut SEND deficits All councils also face new guidance on making spending on pupils with special educational needs and disabilities ‘sustainable’
DfE to rename ‘compare schools’ website as league tables return Government says this will signal to parents not to make ‘direct comparisons’ without asking schools how Covid affected them
Teacher pay rise proposals will ‘exacerbate supply challenges’ The NFER backs higher pay rises, bursaries and bonuses – but secondary teachers should get higher awards than primary ones
NEU threatens strikes if teachers not given inflation-busting pay rise The teachers’ union wants an “undifferentiated” pay rise for all teachers, as inflation soars to 9.1 per cent