School funding

Save some cash for later to fund teacher pay bill, DfE says

Schools told to plan budgets over multiple years to make best use of 'frontloaded' funding settlement

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Teacher pay

Zahawi asks STRB for two-year pay plan to help achieve £30k salary pledge

Education secretary tells pay review body he wants a 'significant uplift' to starting salaries

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Teacher pay

Apprentice teaching assistants: Exploitation or opportunity?

Some schools and trusts are offering TA apprentices less than £7,000 a year

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Reduce teachers’ timetabled hours in most disadvantaged schools, says Teach First

The government should fund a £30 million-a-year pilot to reduce teachers’ timetabled hours in some of the most disadvantaged...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Pay freeze means experienced teachers have seen pay cut by 8% since 2007 – IFS

The government’s decision to freeze pay for most teachers means experienced staff will earn 8 per cent less in...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
News

PM incorrectly claims 6 million pupils will benefit from tutoring

The prime minister has incorrectly claimed in Parliament that six million pupils will benefit from the government’s tutoring reforms....

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

More evidence needed to defend high salaries for CEOs of academy trusts

Defences of high salaries for the chief executives of academy trusts are not “evidence-based or robust enough” to withstand...

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
News

UCAS teacher training applications data: 7 things we learned

Applications for teacher training have surged as the pandemic fuels interest in the profession, with new figures showing applicant...

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
News

NEU conference votes to survey members on teacher pay strike action

The country’s largest education union will survey its members to “build towards a ballot for national strike action” if...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker