AP

School spotlight: ‘Internal AP can work – here’s how we do it’

Can internal AP help schools avoid exclusions? One school believes its approach shows what’s possible

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Schools

Income data to replace free school meals as trigger for disadvantage funding

Government 'will design new model' for allocating the pupil premium and other disadvantage cash

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Funding

Revealed: The council schools with million pound budget deficits

Some maintained schools' deficits dwarf those of multi academy trusts, and even face interest payments. Inside the hidden world...

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
SEND

Ministers’ SEND listening campaign ‘futile’, say parents

But schools minister seeks to reassure parents of a 'real dialogue'

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
DfE

Trainee teacher numbers rise by 11%, but secondary target still not met

Secondary recruitment hits 88 per cent of target, while primary over-recruits by 26 per cent after targets cut by...

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
DfE

Abuse over phone bans ‘unacceptable’, and 5 other things we learned from Phillipson

The education secretary took questions from MPs about teacher recruitment, SEND deficits, language take-up and trans guidance

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
DfE

‘Urgent clarity’ sought on flagship DfE schemes after Ofsted grade reform

Union leaders demand clarity on how schools will qualify for exemplar schemes that previously required 'good' or 'outstanding' Ofsted...

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
School business leadership

Unions call for business leaders’ pay alignment

Government urged to align pay with that of other school leaders as analysis shows stagnation

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Letters to the editor

This week’s best responses from our readers

Another way for school readiness, why phone bans ARE the brave choice and enrichment's GCSE blinkers problem

Freddie Whittaker
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