Politics

Six policies to better link school funding with improvement

Funding schools properly isn’t all about the amount of money on offer; there’s plenty a government could do to...

JL Dutaut
Micon Metcalfe
Politics

SEND: EPI criticises ‘lack of urgency’ on ‘most pressing’ issue

Think tank calls for funding review and for budgets to be 'grounded in the level of need'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Labour £450m pledge could net 7,000 teachers – but not all new

Analysis finds combination of higher pay and bursaries and new early-career payments could help bridge supply gap - but...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Video: School leaders and policy experts react to party manifestos

Schools Week convened a panel of experts from across the sector to respond to parties' pledges

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Phillipson: ‘It’s my job to get education back up the agenda’

The shadow education secretary on why private schools need to cut their cloth, emulating Gove and curriculum change

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Politics

Reform UK manifesto 2024: All the schools policies

Party promises 'patriotic' school curriculum, history lessons content review and transgender ideology ban in classrooms

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
Politics

Lib Dems bursary pledge ‘inefficient’ use of ‘scarce resources’

Party has pledged to fund teacher training 'properly so that all trainee posts in school are paid'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics, Recruitment and retention

Retention tops teachers’ election policy priorities, polling suggests

Access to mental health services, getting more support staff and having 'fewer high-pressure exams' were other top priorities, Teacher...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

‘While I teach history, I’m going to make history’: Meet the teachers standing for election

At least 25 candidates with teaching backgrounds are standing for election this year

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth and Freddie Whittaker