New ASCL boss strikes optimistic tone as pay battle looms Pepe Di’Iasio speaks to Schools Week as he prepares to take over at headteachers’ union
Post-election spending review leaves schools in dark over funding The government has not said what will happen to budgets after next March
Budget 2024: £105m for 15 special free schools, and nothing else Plus no news on tutoring cash extension suggests ‘curtain has crashed down’ on scheme
Martin Lewis: Financial education curriculum win ‘self-defeating’ as schools lack resources Journalist and campaigner also reveals his charity paid over £500k for textbook after government refused to fund it
Trauma, expense and delays: Symptoms of a SEND system in ‘complete crisis’ Complaints to the SEND watchdog have nearly tripled over the past five years
Give teachers and leaders ‘double digit’ pay rise, says NAHT Primary heads’ union becomes latest to demand above-inflation rise and restoration of pay following real-terms cuts
More schools meet careers benchmarks, but most still miss target Proportion of schools meeting all eight Gatsby benchmarks increases by 52% in a year
ASCL wants ‘fully-funded, above-inflation’ pay rise in 2024 Government also needs plan to “fully restore the erosion of pay” since 2010, says leadership union
Poverty: Trusts spend six-figure sums to support ‘crisis’ families News comes amid calls for chancellor Jeremy Hunt to hand out more education cash in next week’s budget