Teaching Commission

Commission calls for ‘expert teacher’ role to reward classroom elite

Report warns of a ‘weakened workforce’ and calls for long-term reforms to create ‘thriving’ profession

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
News

Ofsted research proposes definition of pupil ‘vulnerability’

Study commissioned by the watchdog found ‘broad support’ for a definition looking ‘beyond the existing list of factors’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Pensions

MAT backtracks on ‘dangerous’ pension changes, unions claim

England’s biggest MAT will no longer roll out controversial pension plan from September, NAHT says

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
News

Pupils ‘settled’ in special schools won’t be moved under reforms

But senior official tells MPs the DfE hopes to meet the needs of more pupils with autism and ADHD…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

DfE drafting guidance on medical interventions by school staff

Non-statutory guidance will clarify ‘roles and responsibilities’, says minister, after Schools Week reveals ‘accident waiting to happen’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
safeguarding

DfE promises delayed KCSIE guidance ‘this month’

New version of safeguarding guidance will only feature ‘technical changes’, despite previous promises of ‘substantive’ updates

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson


Academies

OGAT staff set to strike for 10 more days in July

Staff are on strike over plans to extend the teaching day by 30 minutes

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
News

GMB rejects ‘disgraceful’ 3.2% support staff pay offer

Offering support staff a lower salary increase than teachers shows ‘utter contempt’, says union boss

Ruth Lucas
Ruth Lucas
Politics

Ex-education secretary replaces suspended MP on committee

James Cleverly to replace Patrick Spencer on Parliament’s education select committee

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Pensions

Thousands of retired teachers wait for promised pension payments

Thousands of retired teachers due compensation after landmark 2018 McCloud ruling – but just two have been paid

Schools Week Reporter
Bill Curtis
Social care

Children’s social care crisis forces thousands to move school during exam years

One-third of children in care in years 10 to 13 had to move home in 2023-24, research shows, with…

Chaminda Jayanetti
Chaminda Jayanetti
School Leadership

Headteacher associations join forces in national network

Group aims to ‘mobilise’ leaders and give heads stronger policymaking voice

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson