Pausing strikes for pay talks is in best interests of teachers and pupils Writing exclusively for Schools Week, education secretary Gillian Keegan urged the NEU to follow the lead of health unions
DfE offers 拢10k ‘relocation premium’ to attract overseas teachers Trial later this year for languages and physics teachers aims to ‘make teaching here even more attractive to the best teachers’
Lilac Sky trust founder Averre-Beeson banned from running schools Two leaders of collapsed trust barred seven years after government intervention, and with investigation report STILL not published
The schools white paper policy tracker: What’s still left? Survived, delivered, died? Schools Week has attempted to find out updates on each of the 42 main, new policies in last year’s white paper
DfE ditches two key academy proposals White paper policies including 2030 academisation target and plans for council spin-off MATs have been dropped
Schools with high energy bills will get discount under reduced scheme Schools ARE included in new energy support scheme – but fewer will benefit and it is less generous from April
Do the maths: Does Sunak鈥檚 new year pledge add up? Schools Week does the sums on the prime minister’s vague new year policy announcement
Success! Councils required to boost special school funding by 3.4% New requirement comes after Schools Week’s ‘SEND robbery’ campaign, but leaders say rise ‘won’t fully alleviate challenges’
Pupil premium rates to rise by 5% from April Increases of 拢70 per child at primary and 拢50 at secondary will help ’embed tutoring in schools long-term’, government said