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Pay for all teachers and school leaders will rise by up to 2.75 per cent next year, but the government won’t fund the entire increase. In its response to the annual report of the School Teachers’ Review Body, the Department for Education confirmed it accepted “in full” the recommendations of the body. This steady decline […]

Four-in-five headteachers believe Jeremy Hunt would make the best Conservative prime minister, a new poll has revealed. A survey by school information service The Key found 82 per cent of school leaders would prefer Hunt to win the Conservative leadership campaign. Voting for Conservative Party members closes this week, with a new prime minister expected […]

Schools have been told they should teach pupils how to examine X-rated movies, get a good night’s sleep and edit Wikipedia. The weird and wonderful suggestions are some of the 111 calls from campaigners this year alone about what should be taught in schools – equating to nearly four new suggestions each week. Others calls […]

The government will hand £17 million in additional funding to academy trusts to help “strong and high-potential” chains to take on more schools – but eligibility for some trusts will depend on EBacc entries. Damian Hinds, the education secretary, today announced the creation of a new trust capacity fund, the latest in a series of […]

UPDATE: The government has now confirmed its plans for teacher pay in 2019-20. You can read about it here.   The government is planning to hand teachers and other school staff a 2.75 per cent pay rise, according to reports. The Times reports that the Treasury will unveil a £2 billion public sector pay deal […]

Around 9,000 pupils were entered for the wrong science GCSE paper last year, analysis by Ofqual has revealed. Last summer, it emerged Ofqual had been forced to lower the pass grade for GCSE science higher tier exams amid concerns a large number of pupils would receive an “unclassified” grade. It has now emerged that this […]

The government must release reports by its school cost-cutting consultants to MPs and provide evidence of the value for money of their recommendations, the parliamentary education committee has said. In a damning report on school and college funding published today, the cross-party committee warned of “significant financial strain” on schools, and chastised ministers for their […]

The Department for Education has published new guidance on changes to the school day and week, further toughening its stance on institutions that close early to save money. Schools Week reported last month that the government had strengthened its tone in response to news that more and more schools are shortening the school week to […]

The NASUWT teaching union will face a hearing to determine whether it broke the law by allowing Chris Keates to overstay her term as general secretary, Schools Week can reveal. The Certification Officer, which oversees unions in England, has ruled the union’s case should be listed for a formal hearing after receiving allegations that the […]