Academies

DfE plots academy trust expansions and mergers across England

New 'trust development statements' reveal ministers' plan to shake up school structures across England

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Teacher strikes

NEU votes to re-ballot for strike action

Motion calls for further strikes in the summer term and a fresh vote allowing action until Christmas

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Teacher strikes

ASCL members reject pay offer by 87%

Union achieves 56 per cent turnout in consultative ballot of members

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Teacher strikes

‘We’ll be forced into the red’ – heads react to ‘derisory’ pay offer

'This announcement will take broken budgets – and decimate them'

Donna Ferguson
Donna Ferguson
Ofsted

NAHT threatens judicial review over refusal to pause Ofsted inspections

Heads' union sends letter before action to watchdog calling for suspension of visits in wake of Ruth Perry's death

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Daniel Kebede elected as NEU general secretary

He will succeed Dr Mary Bousted and Kevin Courtney in September

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Teacher strikes

NAHT: Industrial action ‘will be necessary’ if members reject offer

Leaders' union chief says government's pay offer is 'inadequate' and lacks 'sufficient funding'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Academies

Ministers target groups of failing academies in regulation crackdown

Review pledges to explore 'greater use' of intervention powers to tackle underperformance in academy trusts

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Plummeting pupil numbers turn tables on place planning

Over 1.1m places have been created since 2010, but pupil numbers are expected to drop by over 900,000 in...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker