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
Campaigners warn against ‘dangerous’ register of children not in school Move to amend schools bill to collect data on pupils’ protected characteristics also questioned
Health and safety watchdog to inspect schools’ asbestos management DfE data suggests more than eight in 10 schools have the harmful material on their sites
Schools plan non-uniform days and early finishes for ‘extreme’ heatwave The Met Office has warned temperatures could top 35C on Monday
Ofsted job cut inspection warning, plus 9 more annual account findings Plans to slim down the civil service could have ‘implications’ for new inspection work
More ‘requires improvement’ schools boost Ofsted grade post-Covid Over two-thirds of RI secondaries saw their grade boosted this year, up from 42 per cent pre-Covid
Pupil numbers to shrink by 12% over the next decade Government revises down 2032 pupil number prediction in the face of ‘notably lower birth projections’
Assess wellbeing risk of strip searches before calling police, schools told DfE updates guidance on searching, screening and confiscation in wake of Child Q scandal
Quince appointed schools minister as caretaker roles confirmed Brendan Clarke-Smith gets children’s brief in shake-up following mass resignations