Curriculum

Martin Lewis: Financial education curriculum win ‘self-defeating’ as schools lack resources

Journalist and campaigner also reveals his charity paid over £500k for textbook after government refused to fund it

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
SEND

Trauma, expense and delays: Symptoms of a SEND system in ‘complete crisis’

Complaints to the SEND watchdog have nearly tripled over the past five years

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Teacher pay

Give teachers and leaders ‘double digit’ pay rise, says NAHT

Primary heads' union becomes latest to demand above-inflation rise and restoration of pay following real-terms cuts

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Careers

More schools meet careers benchmarks, but most still miss target

Proportion of schools meeting all eight Gatsby benchmarks increases by 52% in a year

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Teacher pay

ASCL wants ‘fully-funded, above-inflation’ pay rise in 2024

Government also needs plan to “fully restore the erosion of pay” since 2010, says leadership union

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Poverty: Trusts spend six-figure sums to support ‘crisis’ families

News comes amid calls for chancellor Jeremy Hunt to hand out more education cash in next week's budget

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Teacher pay

DfE raided capital coffers for £250m towards teacher pay grant

Funding also came from tutoring underspend and 16 to 19 cash, but DfE refuses to give more details

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Attendance

Bigger absence fines won’t solve the problem, attendance tsar admits

Rob Tarn speaks to Schools Week about his plans for the new role

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Academies

Always talking up maths, in a country that talks it down

David Thomas was one of the youngest heads in the country. He’s set up a national online academy and...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill