On this week’s Tes News podcast, we will discuss:

£1bn support-staff pay rise could ‘break’ school budgets
Callum Mason talks about the risk that support-staff pay rises pose to school budgets, following on from “unfunded” rises for teachers and ballooning energy bills.

7 ways the DfE’s SEND reforms could fail
John Roberts explains why ministers have been warned that the government’s planned special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) reforms will not work without sufficient funding and firm proposals to ensure schools are inclusive.

Should schools have greater oversight of edtech?
Dan Worth chats about a long-form piece examining if edtech oversight would help give schools more security on the products they buy - and protect children’s data and privacy.