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
DfE raided capital coffers for £250m towards teacher pay grant Funding also came from tutoring underspend and 16 to 19 cash, but DfE refuses to give more details
Bigger absence fines won’t solve the problem, attendance tsar admits Rob Tarn speaks to Schools Week about his plans for the new role
Keegan calls for return to ‘more sustainable’ teacher pay rises Education secretary tells teacher pay body that schools only have 1.2 per cent headroom in budgets
The 10 new attendance rules schools need to know about Ministers publish new guidance that will become statutory from September
Number of children ‘missing education’ rises a quarter 117,000 children were not registered at a school and not receiving a suitable education elsewhere at some point last year
Absence fines rise to £80 and daily data mandatory from September Penalties for unauthorised absence will hit £80, and all schools will have to join attendance tracker scheme
Persistent absence risks children’s futures. Here’s how we’ll address it Raising fines and making guidance and daily data submissions mandatory will boost early intervention and a support-first approach, says Damian Hinds