Everything you need to know about potential school strikes Ministers hold crunch union talks as ballots of NEU, NASUWT and NAHT members close this week
DfE plans £6.5m upgrade of Sheffield office Department says work will ‘modernise and refresh the office, increase capacity, and address building condition’
ASCL: 7 in 10 school leaders vote to move to formal strike ballot First ever indicative ballot by moderate leaders’ union finds broad support for a formal vote
Falling primary numbers force council to consider mergers Lambeth predicts it needs to reduce capacity by 575 to combat a ‘significant strain’ on its primary schools
No ‘minimum safety levels’ for school strikes (just yet) Exclusive: Schools Week understands new guidance will be issued shortly to help heads deal with looming strikes
2,200 primaries in poor areas to get careers help under £2.6m scheme DfE says teachers will get training from Teach First to deliver careers programmes
Sunak outlines maths to 18 ‘ambition’…but not before 2025 Labour says ‘reheated’ pledge is ’empty without more maths teachers’
Arise, Sir Ian: Knighthood for MAT boss and DfE adviser Bauckham EEF boss Professor Becky Francis, ex-national schools commissioner Dominic Herrington and MAT leader Rob Tarn also recognised
Keegan claims teachers are among ‘top 10% of earners’ Education secretary incorrectly claims teacher pay is ‘a lot higher’ than average, and inflates the average head’s salary by £20k