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DfE sets out £800m SEND teacher development contracts
The government’s spending plans could include the creation of national SEND CPD programmes, with contracts expected to be awarded to providers next year
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Revealed: Which trusts received £16m of DfE support
DfE analysis of trust accounts also shows termination warning notices more than doubled in 2022-23
Ofsted inclusion plans lack focus on school admissions, MPs told
Leaders have to work 'against the tide' of the accountability system to promote a whole-school approach to inclusion, MPs also warned
Sir Hamid Patel appointed interim chair of Ofsted
The Star Academies chief will serve until the summer when a permanent appointment is expected to be made
The 28 signs of ‘school readiness’
Trusts and charities call on the government to support the new Starting Reception definition of school readiness
Worsening speech and language skills make teaching more difficult, study finds
Nearly half of primary teachers say more pupils are struggling to communicate at the expected level for their age
Teacher pension contributions to increase next month
The government has today laid a statutory instrument before Parliament that will make changes to contributions from 1 April
Gender gap in Year 9 maths at its widest
There is an 'urgent need' to find out why the gender gap in maths has re-emerged, says DfE report analysing findings from Timss international research
SQA investigates data breach after thousands of documents leaked online
SQA confirms 'unauthorised use of website-access credentials at a single SQA centre' but says this is 'not the result of a cyberattack'
Private school teachers taking second jobs to make ends meet
Poll by NEU teaching union also reveals that recruitment has been frozen as a result of VAT on independent school fees
Number of Scottish schools sharing a headteacher triples
Conservatives argue that in most cases shared headships are 'detrimental to schools and pupils'
Headteachers’ gender pay gap ‘has widened to a chasm’
On International Women’s Day, new data reveals that the gender pay gap for some school leaders is at its worst for 13 years
Foundation Apprenticeships offer ‘something for everyone’
More than £100 million funding to support Modern and Foundation Apprenticeships in 2025-26 has been confirmed by Scotland's education secretary
Government doing ‘too little, too slowly’ on mobile phones, MPs told
Ministers under fire over 'watered-down' second version of the Safer Phones Bill, which no longer includes consideration of a statutory mobile phone ban in schools
EIS launches book to help young new arrivals to Scotland
The teaching union's story book is aimed at supporting young children who are new to Scotland to settle in at school
Religious observance proposals ‘lack clarity’, say education directors
Proposed changes to the law would effectively entitle children to opt out of learning about religion – not just practising it, says ADES
Why SEMH support is schools’ biggest challenge
Pupils with social, emotional and mental health needs have been found to fare the worst in terms of getting SEND support. Why is this, and what can schools do with constrained resources?
DfE has ‘limited’ knowledge of where £9.2bn pupil premium goes
MPs warn schools are using money aimed at supporting disadvantaged pupils to plug gaps elsewhere – but leaders say more funding is needed
Early years: Teachers to be trained to supervise toothbrushing
School leaders warn government not to expect them to 'fix all of society’s ills' following supervised toothbrushing announcement
DfE attendance tsar urges schools to focus on occasional absentees
Rob Tarn says schools struggling with attendance can make a difference with pupils who 'could come to school all the time'
Ofsted: Inspections could have shifted focus away from maths
Watchdog's evaluation of its Education Inspection Framework says it may have resulted in schools focusing too much on reading
Many pupils in poverty missing out on free school meals
With research revealing the gap between the number of children in poverty and those getting free school meals, the Education Policy Institute echoes calls for automatic enrolment
Behaviour overtakes workload as a top concern for primary teachers
Teachers in primary are also more worried about support for pupils' social, emotional and mental health needs, research shows
Former firefighters’ union boss in line for top NASUWT role
Matt Wrack would be the first general secretary in the union’s history not to have a teaching background
More than a thousand complaints made after Ofsted school visits
The number of complaints made to Ofsted following school inspections has increased by 60 per cent over the last three years