Funding

Leaders voice concerns about school meal contracts tied into PFI deals after one head apologises to parents for ‘completely unacceptable’ food

Ofsted has told MPs that calls for inspection reform need to be considered alongside the watchdog’s budget constraints

This week’s essential education news includes a Tes investigation revealing the ‘unmanageable’ rise in parent complaints, and sector leaders’ frustration over the Spring Budget

Education minister Paul Givan does not favour abolishing school uniform but wants it to be more affordable

There should be no ‘default bias’ in favour of educating pupils with additional needs in special or mainstream schools given that they can flourish in either, says ASN Tribunal

In a letter seen by Tes, the education committee chair writes to the chancellor ahead of the Spring Budget setting out the need for more funding for pupils with SEND

Amid plans to cuts education budgets in Scotland, headteachers are ‘profoundly’ worried for ‘an entire generation of children’, writes the AHDS vice-president

School sector leaders are calling on the chancellor for extra funds to deal with spiralling SEND costs, the crumbling school estate and low minimum per-pupil funding

More children are starting Reception not school-ready, creating added pressures for early years staff – and this is a symptom of a wider issues in society, says this MAT leader

Online music service based on Welsh model would help teachers and boost pupil numbers, says Scottish Labour

Loss of hundreds of teachers would lead to unsustainable workload and worsening of pupil behaviour, says union

A pay increase of 36.1 per cent for school leaders would be needed if teachers were to have the same purchasing power as 2010, union says