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Heads call for more high-needs funding and warn that schools cannot afford more teaching assistants to cope

The national funding formula allocations for schools were revised down last week after the DfE announced a technical error in processing pupil numbers

Labour announces a new focus on early years and primary school maths, and signals it is up for a ‘fight’ over private school tax breaks

But headteachers’ leaders warn that focus is also needed on retaining teachers

Speaking at the Labour Party conference, Bridget Phillipson also said Gillian Keegan has become a ‘one-woman attack ad factory’

Union wants a ‘New Deal for Teachers’ including ‘real-terms pay restoration’ and action to cut workload and improve teacher-pupil ratios

For the final piece in the series looking at how parenthood impacts teachers, Emma Sheppard discusses how conditions for teacher-fathers and partners can be improved

Wales dropped PRP for teachers in 2020 in favour of yearly pay rises. Could England follow suit? Grainne Hallahan follows the money

Shadow schools minister Catherine McKinnell accuses Rishi Sunak of announcing a ‘back-of-the-envelope policy’ while school roofs are ‘literally propped up’

Less than half of multi-academy trusts are confident about their long-term finances, research shows

When this trust wanted to boost its staff wellbeing policies to aid retention and recruitment, it realised it had the perfect model at its fingertips

Special schools in particular may see increased cost pressures as they fund pay increases for more support staff, warn researchers