Schools Recruitment and retention: 5 key points from experts on tackling teacher crisis Experts have told MPs the government’s 6,500 teacher pledge must take quality and location of recruits into acount Lydia Chantler-Hicks 3mins Lydia Chantler-Hicks 3mins Movers and Shakers David Ross academy trust names new CEO Interim boss Simon Rose takes over the reins after the trust was forced into CEO rethink Jack Dyson 5h Jack Dyson 5h Schools 52% of teachers report homeless children in their school, study shows Research shows pupils who live in temporary accommodation are missing school, arriving tired, and experiencing poor mental health Lydia Chantler-Hicks 17h Lydia Chantler-Hicks 17h Ofqual Ofqual fines Pearson £2m for exam rule breaches Exam board apologises after breaches affected tens of thousands of students taking language qualifications Lydia Chantler-Hicks 1d Lydia Chantler-Hicks 1d News Underfunding parents’ biggest issue as 2 in 5 asked to contribute to schools’ costs ASCL warns rate of contributions a ‘sign of challenging financial environments’ facing schools Ruth Lucas 1d Ruth Lucas 1d Parent complaints Investigation Huge rise in parent complaints driven by AI, headteachers warn Heads say they ‘aren’t sleeping’ due to the stress brought about by AI-generated complaints – but experts warn its… Ruth Lucas 2d Ruth Lucas 2d SEND Long read Identifying inclusion: Lessons for Labour from councils, charities and the sector The government wants a more inclusive school system. But how do you measure inclusion? We spoke to those already… Samantha Booth 3d Samantha Booth 3d Ofsted Questions for Ofsted over Mossbourne behaviour review Sector leaders also call the probe a ‘wake-up call’ for the government over the use of strict behaviour policies Jack Dyson 4d Jack Dyson 4d Ofsted Exclusive Ofsted should check SEND funding not plugging budget holes SEND system is on a ‘trajectory toward complete breakdown’ and ‘incremental change will not suffice’, warns NGA Jack Dyson 4d Jack Dyson 4d Free schools ‘Nightmare before Christmas’: 46 free school projects scrapped and 59 special schools in limbo DfE to divert cash to councils to create places instead as leaders question decision to can ‘ready to go’… Samantha Booth 5d Samantha Booth and with Lydia Chantler-Hicks, Jack Dyson, Ruth Lucas 5d News Four things we learnt from government data this week From child sexual exploitation rates to exam malpractice – Schools Week breaks down everything you need to know… Ruth Lucas 5d Ruth Lucas 5d SEND Committee chair criticises DfE response to SEND report Helen Hayes says government must provide a ‘much more detailed response’ in the new year Ruth Lucas 5d Ruth Lucas 5d 1 2 3 4 5 6 1,015 Older