School funding Long read Earning the right to deprivation funding How might ministers better target deprivation funding based on family income? Chaminda Jayanetti 17h Chaminda Jayanetti 17h Schools Exclusive Police can’t find RISE ‘zoom-bombing’ suspect Academy trust strengthened security settings after an intruder shared offensive content at an event last month Samantha Booth 17h Samantha Booth 17h Movers and Shakers Movers and shakers: Ofsted, DRET, The Brilliant Club This week’s movers and shakers include an avid motorcyclist, a Bollywood backing dancer and a roller derby player Schools Week Reporter 21h Schools Week Reporter 21h Teacher training and development Exclusive Anger as another teacher training top-up course axed Experts slam ‘unreasonable’ short-notice cuts to trainee chemistry courses Jack Dyson 21h Jack Dyson 21h Curriculum Exclusive DfE considers new approach to careers funding Government begins market engagement over ‘future support for schools and colleges to deliver careers education’ Esmé Kenney 2d Esmé Kenney 2d Schools Exclusive £900k scheme offers ‘equal access to chess in schools’ Between 350 and 450 schools across all nine regions of the UK will take part Esmé Kenney 2d Esmé Kenney 2d Politics Live blog from the NEU and NASUWT conferences The NEU is gathering in Brighton this week, while the NASUWT will assemble in Birmingham on Friday Freddie Whittaker 2d Lydia Chantler-Hicks and Freddie Whittaker 2d Politics SEND and the far-right on the NEU conference agenda Around 1,500 NEU members will gather in Brighton from Monday to Thursday Lydia Chantler-Hicks 2d Lydia Chantler-Hicks 2d Schools Three primary free schools to go ahead after appeals Meanwhile six cancelled special free school projects have been appealed Samantha Booth 5d Samantha Booth 5d Inclusion We ARE consulting on SEND appeals, insists DfE Lawyers ask for an ‘urgent explanation’ after conflicting messages on SEND tribunal Ruth Lucas 5d Ruth Lucas 5d Academies Exclusive The teachers with a 24-hour commute Major trust partners with tropical island’s only secondary to send staff on ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ secondment Jack Dyson 5d Jack Dyson 5d Schools Cuts to Prevent staff considered by Kent as funding reduced Reform-run Kent council tells schools it may lose their Prevent education officer posts Lydia Chantler-Hicks 5d Lydia Chantler-Hicks 5d 1 2 3 4 5 6 1,032 Older