News ‘Don’t pop champagne yet’ warn accountants as trusts’ fortunes improve Kreston group warns despite improving academy trust finances, most expect to dip into savings by 2028 Jack Dyson 5h Jack Dyson 5h Schools Government to ‘update’ collective worship guidance for England’s schools Move comes after the Supreme Court ruled the delivery of religious education in Northern Ireland schools was unlawful Lydia Chantler-Hicks 17h Lydia Chantler-Hicks 17h News Coast and Vale paid Delta £440k ahead of merger The sum was handed over for ‘extensive work’ before trusts joined forces to create 63-school trust Jack Dyson 2d Jack Dyson 2d Schools DfE’s AI tutoring plan prompt calls for more research DfE says 450,000 disadvantaged children will benefit, but experts warn evidence on AI provision ‘in its infancy’ Lydia Chantler-Hicks 2d Lydia Chantler-Hicks 2d News Exclusive Schools could be required to record internal exclusions Government looks to collect data as it urges schools to send fewer children home Ruth Lucas 3d Ruth Lucas 3d SEND Piloted in-school SEND support ‘cut exclusions’ – report Standardised EHCPs also welcomed by parents and councils, researchers find Jack Dyson 3d Jack Dyson 3d SEND Exclusive Councils snub alternative funding to press on with special schools Local authorities were offered the choice of continuing with projects or taking cash to boost places elsewhere Samantha Booth 3d Samantha Booth 3d Academies Struggling trust failed to clear payment to outgoing ‘senior executive’ MAT also did not conduct internal audit as reserves tumbled due to ‘rising costs’, accounts show Jack Dyson 3d Jack Dyson 3d Schools ‘Barriers’ to upper pay range cause frustration for teachers Staff report ‘shifting’ goalposts as union warns of ‘significant contribution to the exodus’ of teachers Lydia Chantler-Hicks 4d Lydia Chantler-Hicks 4d Schools Speech and language screening pilot reveals ‘shocking’ level of need Analysis suggests 6 in 10 children given universal screening were found to have speech and language needs Lydia Chantler-Hicks 6d Lydia Chantler-Hicks 6d News Exclusive Dodgy DfE data shortens schools’ working weeks Figures suggested one in six schools are not complying with the 32.5 hour week Ruth Lucas 6d Ruth Lucas 6d School improvement Exclusive ‘Schoolboy error’ sees smaller schools escape RISE low attainment crackdown The DfE has not contacted some primaries potentially needing RISE support because low pupil numbers mean data goes unpublished Jack Dyson 6d Jack Dyson 6d 1 2 3 4 5 6 1,022 Older
