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The ‘perverse incentives’ facing primary MATs
Findings shared with Tes reveal financial reserves are five times lower at all-primary trusts than those with no primaries
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Over £100m cut from Wales’ education and language budget
The cuts of almost £75 million to the revenue budget and £40 million to the capital budget have been described as ‘deeply concerning’ by school leaders
Israel-Hamas conflict: Ministers urge ‘sensitivity’ in schools
Department for Education ministers have written to school leaders to ensure that any political activity from pupils in response to the crisis does not create an 'atmosphere of intimidation'
Teachers told there is ‘no such thing as mild asthma’
A campaign targeting Scottish schools is advising teachers to call an ambulance if they are worried about a child with asthma ‘at any time’
Gibb faces call to resign over £370m DfE funding error
Labour’s Barry Sheerman accuses the schools minister of overseeing the 'demoralisation' of the education sector across England
MAT inspections carry ‘huge risks’, MPs told
MPs have begun an inquiry into Ofsted's work with schools – here are six highlights from the first evidence session
SEND crisis ‘will spiral out of control’, MPs warn
Unless more funding is provided then the problems with SEND support will 'quickly worsen', cross-party MPs tell the chancellor ahead of his autumn mini-budget
AQA plans for digital GCSE exams from 2026
Exam board says digital exams could reduce teacher workload in the longer term
Expert to scrutinise DfE over funding error
Accountant Peter Wyman will lead a formal review of the quality assurance process around the national funding formula
Strikes by support staff to continue in Scotland
The biggest union representing Scottish council workers votes to reject the latest pay offer and says more school strikes will be announced in the coming days
Gilruth announces new Centre of Teaching Excellence
Announcing the plans, Scotland's education secretary told the SNP conference she wants all 'hardworking teachers' to be 'supported and empowered'
Early years: Fix ‘grim’ workforce crisis first, Labour warned
Early years leaders and experts warn emergency funding and an immediate plan to fix the workforce shortage is needed if Labour is to achieve its aims for the sector
DfE rejects union funding calls over £370m mistake
Schools minister Nick Gibb has written to union leaders after they called for a 2.7 per cent increase in funding to be restored to NFF allocations
Gibb refuses unions’ demand over £370m school funding
The schools minister has rejected education unions' call for the DfE to restore per-pupil funding to the amount announced in July
NI heads deliver census returns by hand amid pay ‘gridlock’
The NAHT Northern Ireland school leaders' union says it is 'unprecedented' that headteachers would take such action
Stop ‘tinkering’ over SEND school policy, DfE told
Senior government figures should make marginalised and vulnerable pupils their policy 'starting point', says headteachers' leader Geoff Barton