Truss V Sunak for PM: What they have promised on schools From new grammar schools to workplace skills curriculum reform, all the education policies the PM hopefuls have pledged
School-led tutoring ‘undermined’ NTP as much as Randstad ‘failures’, report claims Charity which founded tutor scheme says ministers should ditch 6m courses target in favour of higher quality provision
Pay rises will now cost schools £1.3bn, and 6 more STRB findings The teacher pay review body also wants a bigger remit to investigate the whole teacher pay system amid ongoing issues with retention and recruitment
DfE ditches 7-year plan to legislate on summer-born admissions Ministers have been promising a law change on the issue since 2015, but say they will no longer pursue it
Schools can only use DfE-approved tutoring firms from September Leaders wanting to spend school-led tutoring cash on external agencies must draw from government list
Key stage 1 SATs will be scrapped from 2023-24, STA confirms But a ‘full programme’ of tests will go ahead next academic year because new year 2s did not sit a baseline test
Supreme Court holiday pay ruling could ‘open the floodgates’ for claims Music teacher’s victory will have big ramifications for schools using permanent term-time-only contracts
DfE announces 5% pay rise for most teachers in 2022-23 Starting salaries will increase by 8.9 per cent next year, but experienced teachers get below-inflation rise
DfE curriculum body plans risk sector ‘collapse’, warn resource suppliers New education secretary urged to suspend predecessor’s plans for Oak academy amid political uncertainty and competition fears