DfE’s sport and activity action plan: What schools need to know Ministers to beef up checks on how schools spend PE funding and update guidance to support 2-hour target
Government still lags well behind NPQ take-up target Just 63,484 NPQ courses have been started in two years, against a DfE target of 150,000 across three, new data shows
£2bn school funding boost ‘didn’t go far enough’, admits Keegan Education secretary also wants to ‘streamline’ teacher pay and school budgeting process, admitting current system is ‘not ideal’
12 ESFA staff get £50k+ exit packages amid restructure Annual accounts of funding agency also reveal how £5.8m in debts owed by academies have been written-off
DfE delays 32.5-hour week expectation to 2024 End-of-term announcement made ‘in recognition of the pressures facing schools’
School with RAAC ‘might not be repaired for four years’ Pupils currently being bussed to separate school as primary shut for months
4 in 5 governors fear for the financial future of their schools One in ten will set deficit budget or go cap-in-hand to the ESFA to balance income and expenditure, finds NGA survey
Teacher pay: What schools need to know about the 6.5% offer Your questions answered after DfE accepts STRB reccomendation on pay for 2023-24
Use of agency workers to cover strikes quashed in High Court Government’s approach found to be ‘so unfair as to be unlawful and, indeed, irrational’