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Can Labour put all schools into trusts?
The government’s schools White Paper sets out a goal for full academisation - but Tes analysis suggests that it would take decades to turn this into reality
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Politics focus leads to ‘significant’ confidence boost for girls
University of Roehampton's pilot classroom programme aims to improve political knowledge and self-belief among working-class girls
Teachers seek 13% more pay to work in the most disadvantaged schools
Increasing salaries is the most effective way to improve teacher recruitment, according to EEF research looking at what schools can offer to attract staff
Nearly half a million pupils entitled to free school transport
Almost one in 10 children with SEND who receive funded home-to-school transport travel alone by taxi, new DfE data shows
Phillipson commits to remove RAAC from schools by 2029
Government announces new timeline for removing collapse-prone concrete from schools as MPs scrutinise its progress
Minister rejects call to allow term-time holidays
Schools minister Georgia Gould says the government will not allow pupils to miss 10 days of school without good reason
Sendcos back statutory mainstream support plan
Teacher Tapp data shows a higher level of support among Sendcos than other teachers for plans to create a new layer of learning support in mainstream schools
DfE misses key teacher pay review deadline
Teacher pay review process 'undermined' by the government's late submission of evidence, warn unions
Schools ‘disincentivised’ from helping poorest children
Former DfE permanent secretary calls for major reform, warning that the school system currently fails the pupils most in need of help
Secondary teacher vacancies lowest in five years
The number of job adverts in the first month of the 2025-26 academic year was lower than during Covid, indicating 'serious financial pressures' for schools
8 in 10 teachers rethinking how they set assignments due to AI
The British Council survey of school teachers also reveals that they are worried about how AI is changing the way students communicate
Laura Trott: Heads have to ‘fight’ for exclusions
Shadow education secretary talks to Tes about the 'pushback' facing heads on exclusions, how schools are 'lagging' on phone bans and why RISE plans are 'reckless'
Would a shorter summer holiday help teacher ‘fatigue’?
A new paper proposes reducing the Scottish school summer holiday by a week to guarantee a fortnight off in October and a week-long break in February
NEU and ASCL join legal action against Ofsted
The two unions will provide witness statements to support the NAHT's bid for a judicial review over Ofsted's new inspections
Trust leaders back 80-hour ‘enrichment guarantee’
The benchmark is one of several adopted by the government as a 'starting point' for its new enrichment framework for schools, leader tells Tes
Severe student absence increases
The latest DfE figures show that overall pupil absence has improved, but a higher proportion of children are missing more than half of their classes