Teacher pay 10 things we learned from DfE teacher pay evidence Department believes schools can make savings by looking at composition of leadership teams and deployment of support staff Freddie Whittaker 3d Freddie Whittaker 3d Recruitment and retention Exclusive Heads need ‘relational’ skills to manage ‘increasingly complex range of stakeholders’ Teacher wellbeing charity warned many of its 2023 recommendations have not been acted on by ministers Freddie Whittaker 3d Freddie Whittaker 3d News SEND reforms must address transport pressures, says spending watchdog Eight findings from the National Audit Office’s report on home-to-school transport Samantha Booth 3d Samantha Booth 3d Teacher pay DfE suggests 6.5% teacher pay rise – but over three years Department publishes its evidence to the School Teachers’ Review Body Freddie Whittaker 4d Freddie Whittaker 4d News Strategic school improvement capital budget: What schools need to know DfE finally publishes guidance on shady academy fund that has paid out tens of millions over the past decade Freddie Whittaker 4d Freddie Whittaker 4d Exams Ofqual to publicly ‘rebuke’ rule-breaking exam boards The regulator says the new punishment will help it take a more ‘agile’ approach Josh Mellor 4d Josh Mellor 4d Schools Reform council’s school transport cut call ‘Victorian’, says Phillipson Phillipson rejects call to extend the distance children can be expected to make their own way to school Lydia Chantler-Hicks 5d Lydia Chantler-Hicks 5d Recruitment and retention Trust’s 9-day fortnight boosted wellbeing, but ‘overwhelmed’ some staff Another paper finds impact of including other perks in teacher job adverts ‘comparable to a 10 per cent salary… Lydia Chantler-Hicks 5d Lydia Chantler-Hicks 5d School buildings Estates strategy ‘very soon’: 6 findings from DfE grilling Minister and senior mandarin quizzed on rebuilding delays, RAAC spending and ‘older building’ research Jack Dyson 6d Jack Dyson 6d News Phillipson sets 2029 deadline for RAAC removal Education secretary wants crumbly concrete removed from all schools or replacement rebuilding works started this Parliament Freddie Whittaker 6d Freddie Whittaker 6d News Trusts ‘risk breaching rules’ after confidentiality clause guidance tweak Warning as academies must now secure DfE go-ahead before using confidentiality clauses in severance deals Jack Dyson 7d Jack Dyson 7d News ASCL and NEU to support NAHT in legal action against Ofsted NAHT filed a claim for judicial review in May, warning the new inspection framework will ‘only increase high-stakes accountability… Ruth Lucas 1w Ruth Lucas 1w 1 2 3 4 5 6 1,006 Older