£2bn school funding boost ‘didn’t go far enough’, admits Keegan Education secretary also wants to ‘streamline’ teacher pay and school budgeting process, admitting current system is ‘not ideal’
DfE delays 32.5-hour week expectation to 2024 End-of-term announcement made ‘in recognition of the pressures facing schools’
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
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
Key stage 2 SATs: Overall results same as 2022, but reading falls 59% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths again this year