Funding

Helping teachers become physics specialists could be around eight times less expensive than increasing trainee bursaries, analysis finds

NASUWT urges the government to increase education spending to at least 6 per cent of GDP, saying that schools will be forced to cut jobs

Schools warned against entering potentially decades-long private financing agreements

Ministers told their plans could be undermined by a shortage of experts, teacher burnout and parental backlash

A Tes investigation exposes the extent to which schools rely on funding for disadvantaged pupils to support children’s most basic needs and fund core staffing

Many believe Andy Burnham’s flagship education policy of new ‘technical routes’ shows the right ambition. But if specialist staff and funding are in short supply, it risks harming the subjects it seeks to promote, the CEO of a leading technical education charity tells Tes in an exclusive interview

Lords committee says the government needs to learn lessons from the funding impact of falling rolls in primary schools to avoid the same problems happening in secondary

MPs hear experts’ concerns about the volume of changes about to hit schools, as well as fears that new technical qualifications could be seen as ‘lower-status’

Settings will not get any extra money for providing more extracurricular activities as part of an enrichment ‘entitlement’, the DfE confirms

The exclusive findings come after record-high temperatures were recorded before schools broke up for the summer holidays

Schools will be inspected by Ofsted on vocational offering, but sector leaders want more details on multiple aspects of the plans

The intensive training and practice grant will only be given to training providers that tailor their content to supporting pupils with SEND and adaptive teaching