DfE
The latest news and analysis on the Department for Education and the secretary of state for education, including new policy, legislation and appointments
Wednesday
18th Dec 2024
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill: All you need to know
Tes outlines the key details of planned legislation that could result in significant changes to academy powers, pupil safeguarding and requirements on schools
Quarter of secondaries record a weapons incident
Poor pupil behaviour is affecting the wellbeing of most teachers and school leaders, DfE research shows
Tuesday
17th Dec 2024
Schools minister refuses to rule out trust pay cuts
Catherine McKinnell would only say that teachers with pay deals outside of national guidelines should not face ‘detriment’ due to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
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Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill: key information for schools
After the bill proposed a raft of changes for schools, we asked the Department for Education to clarify the key details
‘Failing’ schools won’t have to academise under Labour bill
All teachers to have same ‘core pay and conditions’ under Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, being brought to Parliament today
Friday
13th Dec 2024
Unions: Workload pressures at ‘crisis point’
In joint evidence to School Teachers’ Review Body, education unions also call for reverse to real-terms pay cuts
Why Labour’s ‘agnostic’ approach to school structures is doomed to fail
Labour’s new ministerial team needs to learn the lessons of the past and recognise that ‘structures beget standards’, says Sam Freedman
Are special schools being left out of the mainstream inclusion push?
National efforts to make schools more inclusive risk ignoring the huge amount of expertise in the specialist sector, say headteachers
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Thursday
12th Dec 2024
Unions warn Phillipson 2.8% pay rise would derail recruitment plans
The increase would be ‘a real-terms pay cut’ and undermine the government’s target to recruit 6,500 teachers, a letter from four main education unions tells education secretary
Big rise in children missing education, DfE data shows
Meanwhile, separate DfE statistics show a sharp increase in children who are in elective home education
One in seven local authority schools in deficit, data shows
The income that schools generate themselves is now at its highest since the current form of records began