General

Friday

1st Mar 2024

IFS: Schools need 拢700m more funding next year
To restore purchasing power lost since 2010, schools would need 拢3.2 billion in extra funding, the think tank warns
Schools would need an extra 拢700m in funding to meet rising costs next year, the IFS has warned.

Thursday

29th Feb 2024

DfE urges lower teacher pay rise next year
The government has recommended teacher pay awards return to 鈥榓 more sustainable level鈥 for 2024-25
Teacher pay rise 2024-25
Adnodd boss: Good resources will 鈥榟elp bring CfW to life鈥
The right resources will be crucial to helping teachers make a success of the new curriculum, says the chief executive of Wales鈥 new resources body
Heavy workload
Weekly round-up: Teacher pay and absence crackdown
Your essential education news this week includes the government recommending a lower teacher pay rise and schools being forced to share daily attendance data
Weekly round-up: Absence crackdown and TA pay
Teaching assistant pay: Unions call for 10% rise
Pay rise is essential for school support staff battling the cost-of-living crisis, real-terms pay cuts and increasing job stress, say unions
Three unions representing school support staff have called for a 10 per cent pay rise from April this year.
Assessment: Teachers face 鈥榮ignificant AI burden鈥
Teachers need more support to identify 鈥榰ndeclared鈥 use of artificial intelligence in coursework, school and exam leaders warn
Assessment: Teachers face 鈥渟ignificant burden鈥 from AI
NI schools 鈥榣et down鈥 by new buildings funding withdrawal
Education minister Paul Givan seeks to reassure schools after accusing UK government of 鈥榬eneging鈥 on a financial commitment to integrated schools
NI buildings Paul Givan
Speech and language therapists 鈥榮hould be in schools鈥
Speech and language therapists should be working in schools supporting teachers 鈥 not in clinics, says the head of the professional body for SLTs in Scotland
Speech and language therapists 鈥榮hould be based in schools鈥
鈥業ncrease鈥 in pupil suspensions and exclusions last term
FFT Education Datalab has issued a warning around the 鈥榓dditional pressure鈥 the increase could put on alternative provision聽
There has been a large increase in suspensions and exclusions, data suggests.
Schools must share attendance data from August
DfE confirms statutory measures to combat low attendance, including national framework for parent fines
Empty coloured chairs
鈥楳ost parents鈥 back Scotland鈥檚 LGBT-inclusive education
Now teaching unions are calling for 鈥榯ime, support and resources鈥 so schools can confidently bring LGBT-inclusive education into the curriculum
Most parents back Scotland鈥檚 LGBT-inclusive education, survey finds
鈥極utdated鈥 facilities are harming learning, warn teachers
Survey findings reflect 鈥榗atastrophic underinvestment鈥 in the school estate, according to heads鈥 union
Children using old computer facilities