Thursday
SEND funding plan risks ‘penalising’ inclusive schools
Headteachers and local council leaders raise concerns about plans for a major shake-up of how schools are funded for pupils with SEND
Exams boss insists timeframe for technical routes is achievable
In an exclusive interview with Tes, Pearson’s managing director supports a ‘cautious’ approach to flagship education reform and refuses to be drawn on the recent Sats marking debacle
SEND to absorb most of school funding rise, IFS warns
Mainstream funding will rise by 3 per cent in real terms despite a 9 per cent headline increase in per-pupil spending, analysis finds
Wednesday
New vocational GCSEs announced as technical routes take shape
Flagship education policy of ‘technical routes’ from age 14 still to start in 2028, but new qualifications would arrive from 2029
Creating a ‘vulnerability-first’ approach to supporting pupils
A headteacher explains how a new model of inclusion the school created to support vulnerable children works for all – and has the outcomes to prove its success
Homework is vanishing: should teachers save it?
Should homework be reconsidered in an age of teacher overwork, chronic absenteeism and changing family dynamics? Holly Korbey investigates
Helen Hayes: Schools ‘urgently need’ AI framework
In an exclusive interview, the Commons Education Select Committee chair also raises concerns over ‘problematic’ findings from Tes’ latest Ofsted investigation
Half of trusts plan teacher staffing cuts, finds CST survey
Financial sustainability has fallen from being trusts’ top strategic priority, findings reveal, while SEND is a big priority for leaders in the year ahead
Ofsted inspections ‘harming teachers and making them want to quit’
NEU survey of 1,500 members finds that a quarter said recent inspection experience had made them want to leave teaching
Tuesday
Dukes Education acquires second school in Germany
The group announces a deal to acquire a campus in Munich and makes an appointment to the role of CEO for North America
How parental engagement helped us boost behaviour and cut absence
Cornwall Council has developed its own Parental Engagement Framework. Here, improvement adviser Nicky Hepworth explains its impact
AI-savvy students may not see school as ‘legitimate use’ of time
Fewer than one in 10 young people believes the education system is preparing them for a world with AI, finds report co-written by Sir Anthony Seldon
