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’
STRB report: 6.5% teacher pay rise, but DfE will only fund 3% Unions will recommend their members accept ‘properly funded’ pay deal
Teacher training framework changes will only be ‘moderate’, DfE says It follows a review of the evidence underpinning the initial teacher training and early career frameworks
Coroner considering ‘enhanced’ inquest into Ruth Perry death Decision due in August on whether to hold article 2 inquest – for cases where the state has ‘failed to protect the deceased’
NFER: Extend ‘levelling-up’ retention payments to all deprived schools Report also warns 6.5% pay rise won’t solve teacher recruitment and retention woes on its own