Oak academy to move into public hands with ‘no privatisation’ and independence condition Education secretary will say he’s committed to building on the ‘by teachers, for teachers’ approach behind its launch’
IFS: Most teachers will still be worse off after pay rise Starting salaries will rise, but more experienced teachers face 5% real-terms pay cut, warns think tank
MPs: Keep tutoring subsidy in poor areas to avoid ‘epidemic of inequality’ Ministers urged to review plans to gradually taper off subsidies for flagship catch-up programme
DfE challenged over plan to award top trusts £121m Institute of Teaching Decision could leave department facing another procurement row
Most councils don’t know how many children are ‘missing’ education Children’s commissioner calls for reform after finding ‘significant weaknesses’ in data held by local authorities
Covid: Attendance reaches 9-month high, but schools ‘not out of the woods’ More than one in ten schools still report high staff absences
50 schools sought for £980k girls sport scheme DfE says ‘Your Time’ programme will offer opportunities for girls to access competitive sport
Save some cash for later to fund teacher pay bill, DfE says Schools told to plan budgets over multiple years to make best use of ‘frontloaded’ funding settlement
The road to £30k: DfE proposes 16% starting salary hike by 2023 But most teachers and leaders would see smaller rises of 3% next year and 2% the year after