School business leadership Unions call for business leaders’ pay alignment Government urged to align pay with that of other school leaders as analysis shows stagnation Lydia Chantler-Hicks 33mins Lydia Chantler-Hicks 33mins SEND Exclusive Three councils allowed to breach minimum school funding rules North Tyneside, Bracknell Forest and – for the third year in a row – Kent all ‘gained approval to… Samantha Booth 4h Samantha Booth 4h Academies Long read Island’s exodus reversed: How pupils are coming back to Sheppey Teachers deemed the school too dangerous. Now pupils are flooding back, but there are rumblings of discontent Jack Dyson 8h Jack Dyson 8h SEND Budget bedlam: £20bn SEND black hole prompts DfE row with spending watchdog Former adviser says Treasury is ‘trying to force the pace’ of reforms Samantha Booth 17h Samantha Booth 17h Schools 6 encouraging findings from DfE’s workload survey Average weekly hours drop and wellbeing improves, though one-third still plan to leave within a year Lydia Chantler-Hicks 19h Lydia Chantler-Hicks 19h News Trust to pilot pupils’ ideas to solve KS3 engagement crisis Lift Schools aims to tackle ‘cliff edge’ drop of engagement as pupils reach secondary age Ruth Lucas 20h Ruth Lucas 20h News Ofqual calls for exam time scrutiny as revised access arrangements published Ofqual said ministers must “explicitly consider” whether pupils have enough time in reformed exams after data fiasco Ruth Lucas 22h Ruth Lucas 22h Schools EYFS: Rise in ‘school ready’ pupils – but government way off target More reception pupils achieve ‘good level of development’ this year, but improvement rate below what’s required to hit 75%… Samantha Booth 1d Samantha Booth 1d Budget 2025 Budget 2025: Everything schools need to know Absorbing costs of SEND provision to funding for secondary school books – Schools Week breaks down everything you need… Ruth Lucas 2d Ruth Lucas 2d SEND Budget 2025: Government faces £6bn SEND shortfall once override ends Spending watchdog warns ‘no savings have been identified’ to offset pressure on government coffers of end to council budgeting… Samantha Booth 2d Samantha Booth and Freddie Whittaker 2d Ofsted Ofsted pauses NPQ inspections for rest of the academic year NPQ inspections paused until 2026-27 while DfE reviews framework and Ofsted updates approach Lydia Chantler-Hicks 2d Lydia Chantler-Hicks 2d SEND Council facing £183m SEND deficit warns of ‘devastating consequences’ Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council demands ‘urgent action’ ahead of budget – including using high needs cash to cover… Samantha Booth 3d Samantha Booth 3d 1 2 3 4 5 6 1,012 Older
