Recruitment and retention

DfE ‘inexplicably’ cuts back £10k teacher ‘relocation premium’

Grant to cover visa and health surcharge will only be available to qualified teachers and not trainees from next...

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
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
School funding

Cuts start to bite as DfE faces £1.5bn budget blackhole

Government cuts back governance, teacher development and training funding as pay bill looms

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Oracy

Geoff Barton to lead oracy commission for Voice 21

Departing union boss will lead effort to build blueprint for a 'national entitlement', as Labour plans speaking boost

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Child poverty

Appoint poverty ‘tsar’ and extend universal free meals to worst-hit schools, DfE told

Report from ex-children's commissioner also calls for government plan to support schools to reduce the impact of poverty

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Recruitment and retention

DfE slashes secondary teacher recruitment targets

The government missed its targets for both primary and secondary last year

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Teacher pay

Holiday pay guidance reviewed amid fears schools could be left out of pocket

Law firms say mistake in government guidance could lead some schools to pay more than they should

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Hinds says ‘all schools’ restrict phones, and 5 more key findings

Schools minister also says the 'option' of statutory mobile phone guidance remains

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
SEND

Labour: SEND challenge ‘enormous’ but plan will come post-election

Party needs 'much fuller understanding' of 'how chaotic the system has become and what needs to change'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker