Weekly round-up: Trust CEO pay and banning phones

Catch up on all your must-read Tes news and analysis from the past week right here:

• Exclusive: What the biggest trusts paid their CEOs
  Around one in five of the country’s biggest multi-academy trusts increased their chief executives’ pay by £10,000 or more last year, Tes analysis of the latest published accounts reveals.
• Schools should ban mobile phone use, says new guidance
  Schools should prohibit the use of mobile phones throughout the school day, including at break times and lunch, according to new non-statutory government guidance.
• DfE to miss teacher pay deadline
  The government is set to miss its first deadline in negotiations over this year’s teacher pay deal despite pledging to ensure that talks stick to schedule following strikes last year.
• Teachers ‘do the most unpaid overtime’
  The teaching profession had the most workers doing unpaid overtime in the past year, a TUC study shows.
• Why phased retirement could be key to the workforce crisis
  Encouraging more teachers to take phased retirement could help retain staff, boost the shift to flexible working and reduce the exodus of school leaders, finds Grainne Hallahan.
• DfE rejects calls to scrap EBacc and reform Progress 8
  The Department for Education has rejected Lords’ calls for major changes to be made in secondary education, saying it does not plan to review Progress 8 or scrap the English Baccalaureate measure or targets.
• GCSEs: Former education secretary to review reducing exam burden
  Ex-education secretary Charles Clarke will chair a review for exam board OCR looking at how the burden of GCSE assessment can be reduced.
• Middle leader tips: how to assess your mid-year progress
  A mid-year review offers a valuable progress check for leaders in schools. As part of Tes’ Middle Leadership Essentials series, experts offer guidance on how to do it effectively.
• Business leader exodus a ‘real risk’ for schools
  The pay levels of school business leaders could lead to a mass exodus from the profession, a school leaders’ union has warned.
• ‘Budget deficits show SEND funding must change’
  The financial difficulties of multi-academy trusts and councils should be a wake-up call that we need a new approach to SEND funding - and here is a solution, says trust finance officer Benedicte Yue.
• The power of sleep: New research schools should know
  A new study gives schools compelling evidence to present to pupils and parents on the importance of consistent sleep patterns.