Budget 2024: 拢105m for 15 special free schools, and nothing else Plus no news on tutoring cash extension suggests ‘curtain has crashed down’ on scheme
Martin Lewis: Financial education curriculum win ‘self-defeating’ as schools lack resources Journalist and campaigner also reveals his charity paid over 拢500k for textbook after government refused to fund it
Absence fines: 1 in 5 pupils could fall below threshold Around 1.7m children could now face fines, analysis finds, with 40 per cent of disadvantaged year 10 pupils below the threshold last year
DfE rapped by watchdog as 1 in 4 FOI responses late Improve response times for information requests or face enforcement, ICO warns
Movers and shakers:聽Claire Heald, Derek Hills, Catherine Charnock, Rory Gribbell, Charles Byrne Lord of the Rings superfan and former MasterChef contestant are among those starting new jobs
Give teachers and leaders ‘double digit’ pay rise, says NAHT Primary heads’ union becomes latest to demand above-inflation rise and restoration of pay following real-terms cuts
ASCL wants ‘fully-funded, above-inflation’ pay rise in 2024 Government also needs plan to 鈥渇ully restore the erosion of pay鈥� since 2010, says leadership union
Absence fines rake in 拢19m as schools and councils get strict Takings from absence fines were 17.5% higher last year than before the pandemic
DfE raided capital coffers for 拢250m towards teacher pay grant Funding also came from tutoring underspend and 16 to 19 cash, but DfE refuses to give more details