Exclusions up on pandemic lull, as suspensions reach at record-high But permanent exclusions still at lowest rate outside of lockdown-affected years
DfE’s sport and activity action plan: What schools need to know Ministers to beef up checks on how schools spend PE funding and update guidance to support 2-hour target
Price of exams rises 6.5% in a year Ofqual analysis warns of ‘increasing cost pressures’ on exam boards, but full impact of inflation may not yet be felt
Pepe Di’Iasio nominated to succeed Barton as ASCL general secretary Headteacher and former president is executive’s pick, but members will have chance to challenge him
£2bn school funding boost ‘didn’t go far enough’, admits Keegan Education secretary also wants to ‘streamline’ teacher pay and school budgeting process, admitting current system is ‘not ideal’
DfE delays 32.5-hour week expectation to 2024 End-of-term announcement made ‘in recognition of the pressures facing schools’
4 in 5 governors fear for the financial future of their schools One in ten will set deficit budget or go cap-in-hand to the ESFA to balance income and expenditure, finds NGA survey
Teacher pay: What schools need to know about the 6.5% offer Your questions answered after DfE accepts STRB reccomendation on pay for 2023-24
Use of agency workers to cover strikes quashed in High Court Government’s approach found to be ‘so unfair as to be unlawful and, indeed, irrational’