Inclusion Private special school fees capped in ‘profit before children’ crackdown Plan for price bands and national standards follows award-winning exposure by Schools Week of soaring private sector spend Samantha Booth 20h Freddie Whittaker and Samantha Booth 20h Pay and conditions DfE pledges eight weeks full maternity pay for school staff Change due to be enacted from 2027 for leaders and teachers, and new support staff body will get remit… Freddie Whittaker 21h Freddie Whittaker 21h News Movers and shakers: DfE, Camden Learning, CCT, Skills Builder UK This week’s movers and shakers include an American football referee and a collector of rare 1980s vintage fragrances Samantha Booth 1d Samantha Booth 1d Movers and Shakers Julie McCulloch to join EPI as new chief executive ASCL policy chief ‘hugely privileged’ to take over as leader of think tank Lydia Chantler-Hicks 2d Lydia Chantler-Hicks 2d Schools ‘Highly valued’ music hubs face funding and staffing challenges A report has evaluated the first year of new-style music hubs, following a major restructure Lydia Chantler-Hicks 3d Lydia Chantler-Hicks 3d Politics Suella Braverman named Reform UK’s education spokesperson The former home secretary claimed teacher authority had been ‘eroded by violence and disorder’ Ruth Lucas 3d Ruth Lucas 3d Academies Exclusive Grammars shine in ‘unfair’ MAT league tables Two of the top three-ranked trusts run grammar schools, up from zero last year Jack Dyson 3d Jack Dyson 3d Academies Job cuts loom at trust with £9m deficit Ministers tighten up their oversight of 25-school chain amid concerns over ‘weak financial position’ and ‘continued’ breaches Jack Dyson 3d Jack Dyson 3d Ofsted Long read Does Ofsted’s approach to achievement data add up? ‘How on earth can you use a national average against a population that’s clearly in no way average?’ Lydia Chantler-Hicks 5d Lydia Chantler-Hicks 5d Behaviour Behaviour expert plays down hubs’ restorative practice trend ‘The behaviour hubs actively encouraged schools to adopt greater levels of consistency, rigour and predictability’ Chaminda Jayanetti 5d Chaminda Jayanetti 5d Inclusion SEND bailout could ‘reduce incentives to contain costs’ Leaders welcome plan to write off 90% of deficits, but warn there is ‘not currently enough money in the… Samantha Booth 1w Samantha Booth 1w Ofsted Ofsted requests schools publish QR code with report card content Watchdog wants parents to get links to full reports to avoid ‘cherry picking’ only positive grades Samantha Booth 1w Samantha Booth 1w 1 2 3 4 5 6 1,024 Older
