Academies

GAG pooling transparency calls as trust takes 20% from schools

‘Schools within the trust are having significant amounts of income retained centrally’

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
SEND

SEND reforms a decade on: How it went wrong, and how to fix it

Schools Week speaks to experts and key decision-makers as system faces crisis 10 years after the children and families…

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
School funding

Pensions: Some schools will be short-changed in grant allocations

Government had pledged to fully-fund 20% increase in pension contributions for state schools

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

‘Consultation not referendum’: Oliver defends Ofsted’s ‘Big Listen’

Union leader raises ‘significant concerns’ about the design of Ofsted’s consultation

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Teacher training

Schools promised ‘financial incentives’ to pilot new teacher apprenticeship

Government also reveals 8 trainers that will trial the new scheme from September 2025

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Pupil premium

Pupil premium allocations delayed by ‘problem’ identifying children

But DfE insists it will ‘not impact the timeline for payments in July 2024’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


Exclusions

Managed moves: Track outcomes and involve ‘independent’ representative, councils told

Research finds tens of thousands of pupils have ‘unexplained’ moves from schools each year

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Curriculum

Oak Academy curriculum partners for 8 new subjects revealed

Contracts also awarded for primary music and secondary geography after previous applicants failed to meet quango’s quality standards

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Politics

Robert Halfon resigns as skills minister

Former education committee chair will also stand down as an MP at the election

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
SEND

SEND: Some schools ‘resist’ admitting children with EHCPs – adjudicator

‘Small number’ of councils tell admissions watchdog of an ‘increase in reluctance of schools’ to be named in support…

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
School buildings

Repair grants fall again despite ‘collapsing’ school estate

Concerns only schools with ‘most urgent condition need’ will receive repairs cash, as number of greenlit projects tumbles again…

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Teacher strikes

Revealed: NEU strikes plan to push for ‘national contract’

Union also wants removal of clause requiring teachers to work ‘reasonable additional hours’ from pay and conditions

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker