Schools

DfE eyes building reserve army of academy troubleshooters

Ministers could revive an Academy Ambassadors-style trustee recruitment scheme, but with greater DfE control and fewer trusts eligible

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Schools

‘Disturbing neglect’ as severely disabled children left to go hungry

Investigation reveals harrowing details of special school closed after damning Ofsted inspection

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

School support staff employed by councils offered £2k pay deal

Increase is worth 9.42 per cent for the lowest-paid

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Rising costs force most schools to cut spending, finds DfE survey

According to school leaders and teachers surveyed by the DfE, 91 per cent of schools cut spending on at...

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools

Starmer pledges ‘education system reform’, but few details yet

Labour leader promises long-term missions would end 'sticking-plaster politics', but union says more cash needed too

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Schools

DfE told to fix disability data gaps for half of teachers

Small study says schools are not including disability when collecting staff diversity data, with experts and schools urging new...

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Schools

Illness drives stubbornly high persistent absence

Around a quarter of pupils have missed 10 per cent or more sessions since September

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools

Revealed: 39 ‘unsafe’ school closures in just over three years

Although most schools reopened, buildings or entire schools at eight locations were closed permanently, new data shows

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Hike school breakfast funding and expand free school meals, Hunt told

150 heads call for school breakfast cash in the spring budget, while councils warn government rules stop 215,000 eligible...

Tom Belger
Tom Belger