Friday
DfE rejects union funding calls over £370m mistake
Schools minister Nick Gibb has written to union leaders after they called for a 2.7 per cent increase in funding to be restored to NFF allocations
Gibb refuses unions’ demand over £370m school funding
The schools minister has rejected education unions’ call for the DfE to restore per-pupil funding to the amount announced in July
Stop ‘tinkering’ over SEND school policy, DfE told
Senior government figures should make marginalised and vulnerable pupils their policy ‘starting point’, says headteachers’ leader Geoff Barton
Thursday
Unions demand DfE restores £370m per-pupil funding
The national funding formula allocations for schools were revised down last week after the DfE announced a technical error in processing pupil numbers
Pupil absence spikes despite attendance drive
Nearly 9 per cent of secondary school students were absent in the week beginning 25 September
Heads query ‘usefulness’ of Oak as curriculum unveiled
Oak National Academy launches new lesson resources for teachers aimed at representing the diversity of modern life and cutting teacher workload
Ofsted: Sir Martyn Oliver confirmed as next chief
Next chief inspector says he will start the role with a ‘big listen’ to ensure Ofsted is ‘of the system and by the system’
Breaking: Sir Martyn Oliver confirmed as next Ofsted chief
Outwood Grange CEO officially confirmed as the next Ofsted chief inspector, the Department for Education has announced
Sats 2023: Slow progress in reading and writing after Covid
Attainment at KS1 has risen slightly year-on-year but still remains far below pre-pandemic levels, new DfE figures show
Phonics attainment up but still below pre-pandemic levels
The proportion of pupils achieving the expected standard in the KS1 phonics check has increased since last year but is still below levels achieved in 2019
