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 13h Jack Dyson 13h 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 1d Lydia Chantler-Hicks 1d 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 1d Ruth Lucas 1d SEND Piloted in-school SEND support ‘cut exclusions’ – report Standardised EHCPs also welcomed by parents and councils, researchers find Jack Dyson 1d Jack Dyson 1d 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 1d Samantha Booth 1d 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 2d Jack Dyson 2d 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 2d Lydia Chantler-Hicks 2d 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 4d Lydia Chantler-Hicks 4d 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 4d Ruth Lucas 4d 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The DfE has not contacted some primaries potentially needing RISE support because low pupil numbers mean data goes unpublished Jack Dyson 5d Jack Dyson 5d Ofsted Alarm over ‘generic’ wording in 12 Ofsted report cards An investigation revealed the same paragraph was used in report cards for 12 different schools Lydia Chantler-Hicks 5d Lydia Chantler-Hicks 5d News Full list of 93 behaviour and attendance hubs revealed DfE says hubs will be led by schools ‘with a proven record of turning behaviour and attendance around’ Schools Week Reporter 5d Schools Week Reporter 5d 1 2 3 4 5 6 1,022 Older
