General
Tuesday
Entrepreneurial education fund worth over £1m opens for bids
But applications for the fund close on 20 August – the day some Scottish schools reopen to pupils after the summer break
Revealed: government contact time proposal rejected by councils
Scottish government wanted ‘initial reductions in contact time’ in time for the start of the 2025-26 school year – but councils rejected the plans
Board named for inquiry into white, working-class pupils’ education
The inquiry, commissioned by Star Academies, brings together leaders from across national and local government, schools, trusts and colleges
Friday
Primary falling rolls leading to staff cuts, DfE survey finds
Leaders say they have had to cut non-teaching staff, reduce the use of supply teachers and some have not replaced teachers when they have left the school, poll reveals
Is a drive to stop bad practice missing from the inclusion agenda?
Leaders call for scrutiny of admissions, pupil movement and the impact of sanctions on students with special educational needs and disabilities
Teachers to get training to tackle online conspiracies
New centre is launched to support staff ‘on the front line of a new challenge’
Regional board highlights: April 2025
Your essential guide to the key regional advisory board decisions in April 2025 across the country
Thursday
DfE flags ‘major’ risk of SEND cost pressures
And five other key points from the Department for Education’s annual report
Faster school population fall means 400,000 fewer pupils by 2030
New data shows both primary and secondary schools will start to feel the impact of declining pupil numbers from 2027 – far earlier than previously thought
Wednesday
