Funding

Having access to a Sure Start centre significantly improved the educational achievement of children, according to Institute for Fiscal Studies research

Liberal Democrats leader Sir Ed Davey launches new plan to end ‘postcode lottery’ of special needs provision

Two-thirds of respondents to an NEU survey also said their schools had leaks

The crucial role of pastoral support in schools still does not get the recognition it needs, even after the pandemic made it abundantly clear, says Frank Lennon

Building materials installed more than 70 years ago pose major health risks to school staff and potentially even pupils – yet efforts to remove them are thin on the ground, as John Morgan uncovers

Members of the biggest teachers’ union instead vote in favour of a ‘snap poll’ on the government’s forthcoming pay offer

Jonny Uttley of The Education Alliance will develop policy proposals for the Centre for Young Lives as a visiting fellow

‘Our profession is in crisis,’ new NASUWT president Rashida Din will warn at the union’s annual conference today

Headteachers operate with precious little slack, so drastic measures may be required if ‘seismic’ budget cuts go ahead, says Greg Dempster

This week’s essential education news includes teachers being hit particularly hard by a real-terms drop in pay and thousands of students’ ‘unexplained’ school moves

Spending watchdog highlights the state of school buildings as a problem caused by government’s ‘lack of forward thinking’

Government says the delay is because of a problem identifying Reception pupils who qualify for the funding