General

Friday

1st Mar 2024

IFS: Schools need £700m more funding next year
To restore purchasing power lost since 2010, schools would need £3.2 billion in extra funding, the think tank warns
Schools would need an extra £700m in funding to meet rising costs next year, the IFS has warned.

Thursday

29th Feb 2024

DfE urges lower teacher pay rise next year
The government has recommended teacher pay awards return to ‘a more sustainable level’ for 2024-25
Teacher pay rise 2024-25
Adnodd boss: Good resources will ‘help bring CfW to life’
The right resources will be crucial to helping teachers make a success of the new curriculum, says the chief executive of Wales’ new resources body
Heavy workload
Weekly round-up: Teacher pay and absence crackdown
Your essential education news this week includes the government recommending a lower teacher pay rise and schools being forced to share daily attendance data
Weekly round-up: Absence crackdown and TA pay
How the power of service can tackle rising NEET numbers
Getting more young people into work and supporting their communities can help boost economic outcomes and the life chances of thousands of young people
Hanging out
Teaching assistant pay: Unions call for 10% rise
Pay rise is essential for school support staff battling the cost-of-living crisis, real-terms pay cuts and increasing job stress, say unions
Three unions representing school support staff have called for a 10 per cent pay rise from April this year.
Assessment: Teachers face ‘significant AI burden’
Teachers need more support to identify ‘undeclared’ use of artificial intelligence in coursework, school and exam leaders warn
Assessment: Teachers face “significant burden” from AI
NI schools ‘let down’ by new buildings funding withdrawal
Education minister Paul Givan seeks to reassure schools after accusing UK government of ‘reneging’ on a financial commitment to integrated schools
NI buildings Paul Givan
Speech and language therapists ‘should be in schools’
Speech and language therapists should be working in schools supporting teachers – not in clinics, says the head of the professional body for SLTs in Scotland
Speech and language therapists ‘should be based in schools’
‘Increase’ in pupil suspensions and exclusions last term
FFT Education Datalab has issued a warning around the ‘additional pressure’ the increase could put on alternative provision 
There has been a large increase in suspensions and exclusions, data suggests.
Schools must share attendance data from August
DfE confirms statutory measures to combat low attendance, including national framework for parent fines
Empty coloured chairs
‘Most parents’ back Scotland’s LGBT-inclusive education
Now teaching unions are calling for ‘time, support and resources’ so schools can confidently bring LGBT-inclusive education into the curriculum
Most parents back Scotland’s LGBT-inclusive education, survey finds