Recruitment and retention

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
Freddie Whittaker
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
Samantha Booth
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
Freddie Whittaker
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
Freddie Whittaker
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
Josh Mellor
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
Lydia Chantler-Hicks


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
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
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
Jack Dyson
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
Freddie Whittaker
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
Jack Dyson
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
Ruth Lucas
Schools

School uniform: New rules to meet Labour’s cap revealed

Government guidance tells schools to confirm changes ASAP, consider legal advice and lets parents complain to government

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson