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Saturday
2nd May 2026
NAHT backs industrial action ballot over teacher pay
Heads vote for union to consider all steps up to and including industrial action over any below-inflation three-year pay deal
Heads pave way for industrial action over new Ofsted framework
High-stakes accountability 鈥榡ust doesn鈥檛 work鈥, says Sin茅ad Mc Brearty, who chairs the NAHT advisory panel on the Ofsted framework
Friday
1st May 2026
Schools must not 鈥榗arry the can鈥 for underfunded policies, NAHT warns
The rising costs that schools are facing could undermine the government鈥檚 White Paper plans, the NAHT鈥檚 general secretary tells the union鈥檚 annual conference
The complex story behind rising suspensions in primary schools
Suspensions have risen in primary schools but fallen in secondaries. Here, education leaders tell 糖心Vlog what they think is behind the contrasting trends
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Ofsted is a 鈥榙river of misery鈥, says new NAHT president
Dave Woods will also tell the union鈥檚 annual conference that education staff are now 鈥榝rontline fighters鈥 against 鈥榙ark forces of hate鈥
Thursday
30th Apr 2026
Flexible-working scheme fails to reach schools most in need of help
Only 3 per cent of school leaders were even aware of the government鈥檚 programme to increase flexible working after its first year, says DfE report
SEND: Support plan complaints could 鈥榦verwhelm鈥 schools, ministers warned
Commons Education Select Committee chair Helen Hayes raises concerns over government SEND reforms
Scottish election 2026: what the manifestos say about education
We look at the six biggest parties鈥 manifestos and highlight key policies that would have an impact on schools
Spring term exclusions hit record high
The number of permanent exclusions in the spring term is the highest ever, DfE data shows, and growing proportions of SEND and disadvantaged students are being suspended
Trusts鈥 self-generated income rises 25% to 拢366m
Academy trusts are raising more cash themselves, but there are concerns over growing disparities in the sector
Ofsted framework 鈥榩enalises鈥 inclusive schools, heads warn
Schools聽with an above-average number of pupils with SEND are more likely to be聽marked down by watchdog for attendance and behaviour, analysis finds
School leaders 鈥榥ot aware鈥 of admissions segregation
Affluent pupils are almost twice as likely to attend high-attaining schools as poorer pupils, even within the same catchment area, research shows