School funding More strikes ‘inevitable’ as trusts axe jobs to stay afloat Dozens of schools rocked by strike announcements over planned restructures dubbed ‘neither fair nor sustainable’ Jack Dyson 6h Jack Dyson 6h School funding ‘We’re not magicians’: Sixth forms’ fury over cash squeeze Leaders say funding gap could threaten their ability to offer a broad range of subjects and hold down class… Esmé Kenney 6h Esmé Kenney 6h Early years Revealed: 331 more school nurseries, but councils to take over programme From May, ‘councils, rather than schools’ will be invited to propose plans for new places Freddie Whittaker 12h Freddie Whittaker 12h Curriculum Ministers to explore developing ‘more formative assessments’ for oracy Schools minister believes oracy is ‘as foundational as numeracy, literacy and writing’, and that is not just ‘an add… Esmé Kenney 3d Esmé Kenney 3d Pay and conditions Exclusive Not Tata yet – pension scheme handover delayed again IT giant now due to take on the contract from Capita this October – a year later than planned Lydia Chantler-Hicks 3d Lydia Chantler-Hicks 3d Politics Journalists shut out of events with ministers and officials Reporters are being banned from conferences where key public servants will speak Samantha Booth 3d Samantha Booth 3d Politics NEU: Teachers’ shift to Greens a ‘wake-up call’ to Labour Daniel Kebede also warns Reform UK would ‘make education a real hostile place for children who are LGBT, black,… Lydia Chantler-Hicks 3d Lydia Chantler-Hicks 3d Inclusion ‘Real concerns’ health service missing in SEND reforms The white paper thrusts schools into the driving seat of government’s reforms, prompting questions on whether health services will… Samantha Booth 3d Samantha Booth 3d Academies Exclusive 109 schools leaves United Learning ‘spread thin’, says former academies minister England’s biggest trust this week unveiled proposals to merge with south west chain Authentic Education Jack Dyson 3d Jack Dyson 3d News Fury as Ofsted digs in on ‘low expectations’ barb Oliver told the ASCL conference on Friday he would ‘never acquiesce to the quiet curse of low expectations’ Lydia Chantler-Hicks 3d Lydia Chantler-Hicks 3d Movers and Shakers More DfE change as new regional director revealed Nigel Minns’s arrival in the department makes it four changes to regional groups within the last year Jack Dyson 4d Jack Dyson 4d Inclusion Special schools over capacity by 11,000 pupils Around two-thirds of special schools are still over-capacity, DfE says Freddie Whittaker 4d Freddie Whittaker 4d 1 2 3 4 5 6 1,030 Older
