Union leader demands ‘specific proposals’ on pay as DfE talks resume Keegan to meet with unions again in attempt to avert further strikes
How schools are caught up in a £200m MIS ‘turf war’ Smaller MIS firms are pouncing amid a record exodus from SIMS, with more choice but also more controversy in the growing market
Heads revolt over planned expansion of London school Council intervenes in plan for secondary in neighbouring borough to increase its official capacity
‘Go further’ on school social care reform, says review author Schools need a seat at the safeguarding ‘table’, says Josh MacAlister, after government kicks reforms down the road
DfE ditches two key academy proposals White paper policies including 2030 academisation target and plans for council spin-off MATs have been dropped
Oasis gives up Isle of Sheppey academy where most pupils absent School with four below-‘good’ ratings in a row will become the first to ever leave England’s sixth-largest trust
Strike-day attendance just 10% among some year groups Analysis also shows poorer pupils were less likely to be in school, and academies were less likely to close
Teach First loses £2m bonuses after ‘inadequate’ recruitment DfE officials noted this year had been ‘challenging’, with the government missing its own targets
HPV inoculation rates lag behind pre-Covid levels Data shows take-up rates are 18 percentage points lower for year 8 girls than before the pandemic