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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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NEU recommends that teachers accept pay deal

The advice to accept a 5.5% rise for 2024-25 suggests teacher strikes over pay are unlikely next year

SQA should cease to exist in 2025 - but what will change?

Ramping up internal assessment and reducing reliance on exams requires more teachers – but councils say they can’t afford them and universities are struggling to recruit

Ministers urged to attend crunch talks to avoid Oak legal action

Government talks with BESA and other bodies bringing a judicial review over Oak National Academy have not yet found a way to halt the legal action, ÌÇÐÄVlog understands

‘New home PPA rules must work for parents’

Dame Alison Peacock, chief executive of the Chartered College of Teaching, tells ÌÇÐÄVlog the government must support leaders to ensure new PPA rules enable flexible working

Government urged to protect teachers as misconduct claims rise

The Teaching Regulation Agency warned that an increase in referrals has been 'largely driven' by complaints made by members of the public

Concern as blame for unsafe buildings ‘shifts’ towards trusts

Academy trusts that fail to keep their school estate safe could be hit with a Notice to Improve, despite trust leaders warning that they don't have funding for repair works

Scottish union seeks pay breakthrough like in England

The EIS union highlights that the pay offer for teachers in Scotland is significantly below the 5.5 per cent rise for teachers south of the border

Six education plans in limbo post-election

The new government considers 'next steps' for controversial RSHE and gender questioning guidance

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

3 in 4 calls to Sats helpline were unanswered

Standards and ÌÇÐÄVlogting Agency admits to lack of transparency over controversial Sats reading paper

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

Teachers to get 5.5% pay rise

The government has accepted the independent pay body's recommendations on teacher pay for 2024-25

Academy funding: 7 findings from ESFA annual report

Nearly 50 allegations of fraud were made against academy trusts in the past year, report reveals

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

Covid and cost-of-living trauma ‘driving teacher exodus’

Today's recruitment and retention problems can be linked to 'a lack of consistent support for and trust in teachers' during the pandemic, says report

Ofqual tells GCSE examiners to ‘bear in mind’ Covid ‘disruption’

Exams watchdog says GCSE and A-level grading standards will be maintained from last year, when there was 'some protection' against disruption from the pandemic

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

Absence still high despite drive to boost attendance

Pupil absence has remained stubbornly high this year in spite of the previous government's efforts to bring attendance back to pre-pandemic levels

SEND: Pupil progress has not improved in 10 years

Outcomes for pupils with SEND have 'flatlined or declined' despite high needs spending trebling and council deficits soaring, local authorities warn