Politics

MAT-isation: A culture of lowered expectations for heads

The white paper proposes a new system-wide tier of leadership that will see headteachers lowered from professionals to store...

JL Dutaut
Hans Broekman
Politics

DfE scrambles to save key policies as schools bill set for axe

Ministers and officials work on last-ditch plan to bring back priority proposals in different legislation

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

NEU pencils in teacher and support staff strikes for early 2023

Ballots for strike action among teachers and support staff will open next week, union confirms

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

NAHT will ballot heads for strike over pay for the first time

Unprecedented move from union with 35,000 members follows poll which showed most backed industrial action

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Austerity 2.0: ‘No good news for schools’ as Hunt warns of cuts

Chancellor says ‘all departments' will need to find savings, and 'some areas of spending will need to be cut’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

NASUWT and NEU to ballot school staff for strikes over pay

Two unions representing hundreds of thousands of school staff prepare for formal ballots over government pay proposals

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Council attendance staff cuts 50 times bigger than new support

DfE has hired 13 absence advisers, but investigation suggests over 600 attendance staff have been slashed from councils

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

NEU will ballot sixth form college teachers as 85% back strike

Indicative ballot result is first official sign of support in the sector for walkouts over pay, with school teachers...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Ex-DfE adviser Lehain becomes think tank head of education

The former New Schools Network chief left his government role last month after less than a year

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker