School funding

Pupil premium funding rates to rise by less than 2% in 2024

Rises of between 1.4 and 1.7 per cent fall far below current inflation

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Teacher pay

Teacher pay: Consider ‘impact’ on school budgets, Keegan tells STRB

Education secretary issues remit letter to the School Teachers' Review Body for 2024-25

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

Ruth Perry: Ofsted and DfE given 56 days to say what action they’ll take

A coroner has published a prevention of future deaths report following the headteacher's inquest

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools

Trans guidance: DfE lawyers said schools face ‘high risk’ of being sued

Leaked legal advice shows ministers warned several elements of guidance leaves schools at 'high risk of successful legal challenge'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

DfE publishes draft transgender guidance for schools

Consultation launched on non-statutory guidance for schools

Freddie Whittaker
Amy Walker and Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Tributes paid to ‘education giant’ Sir Tim Brighouse

One of the country's most influential educators remembered as a 'towering beacon of light'

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
Schools

Virtual school heads scheme set for £4m expansion

Virtual school heads will now promote outcomes of all children in kinship care, government announces

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Schools

Data for rebuilding programme ‘flawed’, says councillor

Education chief says council used its own data for rebuilding bids as DfE's was 'inaccurate’

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Politics

Government ‘not governing’ as schools policies in limbo

Schools Week analysis finds at least 21 policies promised for this year have yet to materialise

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth