Funding

This week’s essential education news includes teachers being hit particularly hard by a real-terms drop in pay and thousands of students’ ‘unexplained’ school moves

Spending watchdog highlights the state of school buildings as a problem caused by government’s ‘lack of forward thinking’

Government says the delay is because of a problem identifying Reception pupils who qualify for the funding

Cuts to attainment gap funding, ‘significant’ challenges filling secondary posts and high probationer dropout rates – councils tell government the reasons behind the drop in teacher numbers

Just 866 projects will benefit from the Condition Improvement Fund this year – down from 1,033 last year and 1,408 the year before

Fully funded National Professional Qualifications will remain for Sendcos, primary maths, headship and staff in high-disadvantage areas only

National Governance Association warns the end of recruitment funding in October will leave boards ‘entirely to their own devices’

The chair of Ofsted’s board warns the DfE about the consequences if the watchdog’s budget is squeezed any further

With NHS and social care services support overstretched, education staff have been left to carry out complex healthcare procedures for students, write two leaders in the special schools sector

Education Select Committee chair calls on government to clarify progress made towards providing 30,000 new places for pupils with additional needs

The authority is planning to cut more than 170 teaching posts from August – in ‘many’ primaries, only headteachers will be available to cover staff absence

Calls for more support for schools after children’s commissioner report shows children are waiting ‘far too long’ for mental health treatment