Schools Week https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Sixth forms face real-terms funding cut next year, leaders warn Schools Week news | the latest schools and education news Councils head to court over £4.5m in special school fees Special school Ofsted report cards drop mainstream comparisons High achieving disadvantaged pupils less likely to get top GCSE grades ‘No excuses’ doctrine means zero insight into barriers a child faces Best performing schools have the fewest disadvantaged pupils Anger as another teacher training top-up course axed Earning the right to deprivation funding Police can’t find RISE ‘zoom-bombing’ suspect We listened to girls’ PE fears to score goal of better participation  Reaching 6,500 new teachers will require a broader talent pipeline Movers and shakers: Ofsted, DRET, The Brilliant Club DfE considers new approach to careers funding  Leaders urged to ignore fake DfE letter about data breach Ministers plan new careers service, but current provider intends to bid We ARE consulting on SEND appeals, insists DfE War on Iran will blast a hole through schools’ budgets Special school leaders call for clarity on future funding Whitehall to leverage capital cash to force council mainstream focus Archive David Ross trust braced for redundancies amid falling rolls Attendance gap for poorer pupils reaches all-time high Third of parents say they take children on term-time holidays School staff need better training to support children in care – Ofsted We’re yet to see what this white paper really means for academy trusts The blueprint for the meningitis outbreak was written by Covid  £900k scheme offers ‘equal access to chess in schools’ SEND and the far-right on the NEU conference agenda Three primary free schools to go ahead after appeals Complaints reforms welcomed, but greater powers needed ‘Little surprise’ lawyers and ‘vested interests’ oppose SEND reform, says Phillipson Fury as Ofsted digs in on ‘low expectations’ barb Some schools ‘actively discourage’ SEN support pupils, research warns New ‘inclusion strategies’: What schools need to know The teachers with a 24-hour commute DfE inclusion tsar to lead SEND expert panel By focusing on schools, the white paper fails to put children first Growing concerns over censorship show the need to support school libraries We’re ready to train leaders to shape AI use in schools Guy Shears, CEO, Central Region Schools Trust How mentoring can avoid post-GCSE drift and support secondary starters Cuts to Prevent staff considered by Kent as funding reduced More pupils report conspiracy theories and misinfo in school Our crisis of truth is overflowing in the classroom Revealed: 331 more school nurseries, but councils to take over programme CPD Workshops Announced For Inspiring Leadership Conference Not Tata yet – pension scheme handover delayed again Academies lobby pension fund chiefs over ‘unfair’ extra payments  Live blog from the NASUWT and NEU conferences NASUWT: Pay and pupil violence on agenda as teachers gather in Birmingham ‘We’re not magicians’: Sixth forms’ fury over cash squeeze A child who drops out isn’t a failure, they just need support The white paper is a blueprint for strategically engaging parents Journalists shut out of events with ministers and officials NEU: Teachers’ shift to Greens a ‘wake-up call’ to Labour ‘Real concerns’ health service missing in SEND reforms  109 schools leaves United Learning ‘spread thin’, says former academies minister Success of SEND reforms will hinge on whether staff can cope Reception teaching must adapt to the reality of delayed development Remembering how we managed Covid can help SEND challenge  Email is the weakest link that could bring down your school More DfE change as new regional director revealed Competition has no place when children start reception Nottingham professors to lead university teacher trainers’ body Does Ofsted’s approach to achievement data add up? Three-year 6.5% teacher pay rise won’t be enough, warns NFER Special schools over capacity by 11,000 pupils LocatED chief to depart as DfE prepares to absorb property firm Lynsey Holzer, CEO, Active Learning Trust Profile: Graham Dugoni, founder and CEO of Yondr Andrew Truby, CEO, St Joseph Catholic Multi Academy Trust Dr Jenny Blunden, CEO, Truro and Penwith Academy Trust Profile: Jo Rowley, ASCL president and deputy head, Walton High School Complaints to Ofsted rise as parents urged to approach schools first More work is need to tackle fragmentation in teacher development Exclusions and absence cut under early identification approach – study Schools left in the dark on RSHE training grants Soaring cost of private provision revealed as ministers plan curbs DfE’s £15m boost for marketing a ‘slap in face’ for families English hubs support programme expanded to secondaries How we help SEND students gain qualifications and independence When everyone is SEND trained inclusion is part of your culture How to go from well intentioned to success with SEND reform Revealed: First MAT set to surpass 100 schools with merger Peer networks provide support for new inclusion bases End of advisory boards leaves civil servants with ‘monopoly on wisdom’ Movers and shakers: FEA, Infinity, EPI, GDST ASCL conference 2026: Schools Week live blog Ofsted piloting recruiting inspectors en-masse from school groups Trust bosses to lead DfE KS3 alliance Revealed: DfE’s secret plan to cut special school expansion ASCL conference: Pay and funding uncertainty loom as heads meet in Liverpool Ofsted chief criticised over inspection framework comparison Using action research can help ease the transition from school Teacher Development Trust to become part of Chartered College of Teaching More ‘difficult decisions’ ahead due to falling rolls Ministers to explore developing ‘more formative assessments’ for oracy Lessons from the frontline of Russia’s propaganda war More strikes ‘inevitable’ as trusts axe jobs to stay afloat