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Tuesday
30th Jul 2024
Just 155 probationer teachers willing to work anywhere next year
Uptake of the ‘preference waiver payment’ scheme in Scotland has fallen for the third year, according to new figures
Teacher pay rise 2024-25: all you need to know
The government has offered a 5.5 per cent pay rise for teachers from September 2024. What will happen next?
VAT on private school fees from January
Labour government pushes ahead with its plan to remove VAT exemption and business rates relief for independent schools
SEND pressures become ‘top tier’ DfE risk
‘Very likely’ that demand continues to outstrip funding, making SEND system ‘unsustainable’, says DfE annual report
Friday
26th Jul 2024
Teachers need ‘mandatory’ SEND training, says report
A report by the Centre for Young Lives and Children of the North has also highlighted a ‘postcode lottery’ in the wait for EHCPs
Schools warned as one in six vapes found to contain spice
A study testing vapes confiscated from schools in England found 16.6 per cent contained spice
Thursday
25th Jul 2024
Teacher trainees failing to qualify hits 6-year high
Government data also shows the number of postgraduate teacher trainees joining the workforce is estimated to be down by more than 5,000 in 2022-23
Drop in schools using NTP amid funding cut
School leaders warned at the start of the year that it would be harder for them to come up with the money needed to continue tutoring
Teacher shortages: DfE considers review of profession
The new government is weighing up a review of the teaching profession to look at flexible working and pay and conditions, according to details seen by ÌÇÐÄVlog
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