Weekly round-up: ‘Earn and learn’ route into teaching and MAT deficits

Catch up on all your must-read Tes news and analysis here:

• Keegan: ‘Earn and learn’ route will broaden the appeal of teaching
  In an interview with Tes, the education secretary talks about unveiling the Teacher Degree Apprenticeship and what she hopes it will achieve.
• DfE to launch Teacher Degree Apprenticeship pilot for maths
  A new Teacher Degree Apprenticeship is being launched later this year, as the government looks to tackle a teacher supply crisis.
• NASUWT to run ballot on industrial action over pay
  The NASUWT teaching union is set to consult its members on possible industrial action over pay, workload, working hours and wellbeing.
• School capacity measuring programme: all you need to know
  Every secondary school and special school in England will have its site measured up for capacity over the next two years. Dan Worth explains what will happen.
• Big rise in academy trusts with in-year deficits
  Fewer multi-academy trusts are planning to grow because of worsening finances in the sector, according to the Kreston UK Academies Benchmark Report 2024.
• Academy trust GAG pooling could triple, research shows
  The proportion of multi-academy trusts pooling their schools’ general annual grant funding could increase significantly in the coming years, research suggests.
• Biggest MAT dismisses DfE minimum service plan
  The country’s biggest multi-academy trust has said it will not be issuing “work notices” to employees if the government’s plan to restrict future teacher strikes goes ahead.
• ‘Labour should rebrand TA job title and boost pay to £25K’
  If we want to truly recognise the value of teaching assistants, then better pay and job titles would help, writes Mike Ion, education director at Avanti Schools Trust.
• Over 50 per cent of special school pupils could be in mainstream, says DfE report
  More than half of pupils placed in special schools could have been better off in a mainstream school with the right support, an analysis of a major government intervention programme has found.
• More than 100 schools with RAAC will be rebuilt
  Out of a total of 234 schools confirmed to have collapse-prone reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete, 119 of them will be rebuilt, the government has announced.
• Tes Schools Awards 2024: Time to celebrate and share best practice
  Free entry is now open for the Tes Schools Awards 2024, with 21 award categories showcasing the very best in education.