Now Teach: DfE axes funding for recruitment programme Ex-DfE advisor and former education secretary criticise funding cut amid recruitment and retention crisis
Oak CEO hunt surpasses a year Vacancy for £120k-a-year role remains unfilled 12 months since applications closed
Ministers eye new ‘spot checks’ to monitor playing field sell-offs Government reveals new measures ‘under consideration’ to check land sale conditions have been met
Focus on recruitment schemes that will make a difference, ministers urged A Schools Week FOI revealed a government scheme to recruit armed forces veterans has tanked
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 year
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
Cuts start to bite as DfE faces £1.5bn budget blackhole Government cuts back governance, teacher development and training funding as pay bill looms
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
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