Tuesday
‘Useful’ old school building guidance poses funding questions
New guidance on managing older buildings in the school estate is welcome – but makes the difficulty of accessing funding even starker, say these trust leaders
How to reform childcare to truly benefit teachers
Could these innovations being used in schools and nurseries help more working teacher-mothers stay in the profession?
‘Nearly all’ schools rely on donations for classroom essentials
Only 1 per cent of school leaders say they get enough funding to meet all their pupils’ needs, according to an NAHT poll revealing schools’ reliance on additional money
Friday
Schools with RAAC can defer Ofsted for rest of academic year
Those with a confirmed case of the crumbly concrete will be eligible for inspections this summer term but can postpone them if they wish
DfE finds 9K more pupil places in shortfall schools
Net Capacity Assessment pilot found ‘discrepancies’ in school capacity numbers provided by local authorities and those found by government property assessors
Revealed: Where trust capacity funding goes
The DfE’s Trust Capacity Fund aims to encourage trusts to take on challenging schools. Tes analysis uncovers to what extent this is happening
Wednesday
Keegan: I’ll look at how we can fund teacher pay rise
The education secretary has said her decision on whether the government can help schools with extra funding will depend on the ‘challenge’ from the teacher pay review body
Modern language assistants disappear from Scottish state schools
The only MLAs left in Scotland are based at independent schools, fuelling fears about declining interest in learning languages
Cosla: Maintaining teacher numbers will ‘greatly impact pay offer’
Councils also hit out at government promise to reduce class contact time, saying it ‘undermines the opportunity to include it in any negotiations’
