DfE plots academy trust expansions and mergers across England New ‘trust development statements’ reveal ministers’ plan to shake up school structures across England
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
ASCL members reject pay offer by 87% Union achieves 56 per cent turnout in consultative ballot of members
‘We’ll be forced into the red’ – heads react to ‘derisory’ pay offer ‘This announcement will take broken budgets – and decimate them’
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
Daniel Kebede elected as NEU general secretary He will succeed Dr Mary Bousted and Kevin Courtney in September
NAHT: Industrial action ‘will be necessary’ if members reject offer Leaders’ union chief says government’s pay offer is ‘inadequate’ and lacks ‘sufficient funding’
Ministers target groups of failing academies in regulation crackdown Review pledges to explore ‘greater use’ of intervention powers to tackle underperformance in academy trusts
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 the next decade