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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