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Wi-fi scheme only for ‘stuck’ schools after levelling-up plan ditched

New scheme will offer £25m worth of support to boost connectivity in the classroom – but only to RISE schools

Salary top-ups for new teachers boost retention rates by 23%

Findings show bonuses can help fix staff shortages, researchers say, but one in five teachers still leave in some subjects

Eton commits £1m annual top-up for ‘elite’ sixth forms

Private school plans to plow an extra £2k per pupil into new institutions, declaring state funding is inadequate

Education funding squeeze ‘puts brakes on levelling up’, and 3 more IFS findings

A think tank report contrasts heavy education cuts contrast with surging healthcare spending

Ministers’ response to poor white pupils inquiry is a waste of paper

The government’s response to the education select committee’s report into the educational underachievement of white pupils on free school meals was a huge opportunity to take bold and concrete action to tackle the growing inequalities in education. Sadly, it’s not worth the paper it’s written on. We all know that this government is full of […]

Treasury marks DfE’s 11,500-word homework laying out its vision

The Department for Education has published an 11,590-word “outcome delivery plan,” detailing the wide-ranging goals and performance metrics it agreed with the Treasury last year to justify its funding. Sector leaders welcomed the move to greater transparency and accountability. But they said the DfE’s plan lacked detail overall and lacked metrics in significant areas, including […]

£10m ‘levelling up’ support will come from existing DfE budgets

None of the £10 million pledged today to improve the quality of teaching in four areas of England is new cash from the Treasury, and up to half of it will be given to expanding academy trusts, it has emerged. Boris Johnson announced today that the government’s “levelling up” agenda would include “more support” to […]