A group of education unions have written to the new secretary of state, asking him to boost the proposed teacher pay rise to 5% Despite deepening teacher recruitment and retention problems, acknowledged by the STRB, [read more]
The Department for Education has announced that it’s launching a major new review into SEN education Five years on from reforms introduced to better support children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities [read more]
The academy transfer market has exceeded £30m this year, after a record number were re-brokered in 2018/19 A record number of academies were re-brokered this year, with costs for the academy transfer market hitting £31m [read more]
Ofsted has released its annual reports and accounts; the NEU has responded Ofsted has released its annual reports and accounts for 2018/19, and data shows that the watchdog has, broadly, exceeded its inspection targets. Overall, [read more]
The government has reiterated its vow to reduce teacher workload The Department for Education’s latest vow to reduce teacher workload has been accompanied by new data collected in England. Last winter, the DfE surveyed over [read more]
A group of education unions has collaborated to create a long-term plan to reverse the impact of education funding cuts A coalition fighting for improved funding for education has set out a long-term plan to [read more]
A report by EDSK suggests that the EBacc needs replacing with something more effective A new report from the think tank EDSK- entitled A Step Baccward – suggests that EBacc should be scrapped. Data shows [read more]
The NEU and NSPCC are calling on the government to make sure schools are ready to begin teaching relationships and sex education lessons in 2020 As reported by Nursery World, a quarter of teachers don’t [read more]
The new SAT results show that the number of pupils achieving the expected standards in literacy and maths has risen This year’s SAT results have shown a small improvement in pupils achieving the expected standard [read more]
The New Schools Network has suggested that ‘orphan’ schools should be taken over by local communities – but the NEU has responded with scepticism A new report from the New Schools Network (NSN) has suggested [read more]
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