MAT mergers Exclusive Big Education trust consults on merging with Oasis A pioneering three-school trust in London plans to merge with one of the country’s biggest MATs. Their leaders explain… Jack Dyson 5h Jack Dyson 5h News DfE social media ‘apology’ stunt slammed as ‘completely tone deaf’ A DfE social media post boasting about the department’s achievements has been lambasted by the sector and public Lydia Chantler-Hicks 7h Lydia Chantler-Hicks 7h News Leaders should feel ‘energised, not anxious’ about Ofsted changes, says Oliver Chief inspector says he wants heads to feel ‘comfortable and motivated by the changes’ Freddie Whittaker 10h Freddie Whittaker 10h Schools Exclusive Staff to strike over school’s virtual maths teacher NEU members to walk out for six days over Star Academies’ use of virtual teacher based hundreds of miles… Lydia Chantler-Hicks 10h Lydia Chantler-Hicks 10h School funding Delayed 2026 school funding allocations to be published ‘shortly’ says Phillipson Education secretary partly blames June’s spending review for the delay to national funding formula guidance and allocations, which are… Samantha Booth 1d Samantha Booth 1d News Reform starts to reveal its thinking on SEND reform Party’s deputy leader says system should ‘go back to trusting teachers’ amid a ‘crisis of over diagnosis’, calling ear… Ruth Lucas 1d Ruth Lucas 1d News Movers and shakers: EMAT, E-ACT, GLF, SAfE, AQA This week’s movers and shakers include a keen surfer, DJ manager and a leader who marks wedding anniversaries with… Schools Week Reporter 1d Schools Week Reporter 1d News, Solutions The rise of teaching internships – a recruitment solution? We look at how many teaching interns go on to train as teachers, and the pros and cons of… Lydia Chantler-Hicks 2d Lydia Chantler-Hicks 2d News Teacher wellbeing plunges to new low More than three quarters of teachers report poor mental health and a third could be at risk of clinical… Ruth Lucas 2d Ruth Lucas 2d SEND New research to scope out ‘bridging gap’ in SEND teacher training Survey shows two-thirds of ITT providers feel trainee teachers not adequately prepared Lydia Chantler-Hicks 2d Lydia Chantler-Hicks 2d Movers and Shakers EPI chief executive Natalie Perera to leave think tank for AQA role Former government adviser to take up chief external affairs and communications officer role for England’s largest exam board Jack Dyson 2d Jack Dyson 2d Attendance Exclusive ‘Embarrassing’: AI attendance reports suspended days after launch Leaders report inaccuracies in new attendance target scheme launched last week by government Jack Dyson 2d Jack Dyson 2d 1 2 3 4 5 6 1,010 Older