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NEWS: Government delays teacher pay decision

18th July 2024

As reported by The Independent, the Education Secretary announced that the decision on the teacher pay award will not be made keep reading

NEWS: Recruiting 6,500 new teachers begins

9th July 2024

As reported by DfE, Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson starts fulfilling the government’s pledge to hire new teachers and revamp the teaching profession keep reading

Floors of scaffolding for renovation works on art-deco brick building in the style of the Amsterdam School. Taken in Utrecht, the Netherlands.

NEWS: Government confirms removal of RAAC

12th February 2024

As reported by DfE, the government has announced measures to permanently remove Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) from affected schools and keep reading

Classroom interior and schools closing concept.

Schools on the clock: urgent revisions to term start plans over dangerous concrete

1st September 2023

As reported by BBC News, more than 100 schools in England are scrambling to make arrangements after being told to shut keep reading

Education secretary ‘gaslights’ families by claiming schools were not shut during lockdown

24th July 2023

As reported by The Telegraph, Gillian Keegan has been accused of “gaslighting” families over her claim that schools were not keep reading

Transgender guidance for schools to be delayed

21st July 2023

As reported by the BBC, the government will break its own deadline to provide schools in England with guidance on keep reading

Education secretary says headteachers should pick up absent pupils from home

17th July 2023

As reported by i news, NAHT has hit back at education secretary Gillian Keegan after she insisted headteachers should drive to the keep reading

ASCL launches #VoteForEducation ballot

21st June 2023

On 19 June, the Association of School and College Leaders launched the first national ballot on industrial action in its keep reading

Education secretary states that more work needs to be done to understand ‘risks’ of AI

16th June 2023

As reported by The Independent, more work is needed to understand the risks that artificial intelligence could pose to schools, keep reading

Trans safeguarding issues excluded from DfE’s updated guidance

13th June 2023

As reported by The Telegraph, transgender issues in schools have been excluded from the Department for Education’s revised safeguarding guidance keep reading