Pay scales for teachers and leaders from September 2024
Oct 21, 2024 · The new pay scales for 2024-2025 have been confirmed by the Department for Education.. It comes after the government approved teacher and leader pay rises of 5.5 per cent, pledging to hand schools £1.2 billion towards the cost of covering them.. But the School Teachers’ Review Body estimated its recommendations would cost around £1.65 billion over a whole school year, and the DfE has said ...
School support staff unions accept £1,290 pay deal
Oct 23, 2024 · Unions representing school support staff have accepted a pay rise worth at least £1,290 after the biggest failed to meet the threshold for strike action.
Scaled scores for 2024 key stage 2 SATs announced - Schools Week
Jul 9, 2024 · The Department for Education has today released the marks pupils needed for the 2024 key stage 2 SATs to achieve the government’s “expected” score.
The 10 new attendance rules schools need to know about
Feb 29, 2024 · Ministers have published guidance on managing school attendance that will become mandatory from this September.. It includes new absence fine rates, thresholds at which penalties must be considered, requirements to share daily data with the government and new absence codes.. Here’s what schools need to know. 1. £80 fines and ‘improvement notices’ …
2024 in review | Schools Week
Over-reliance on special schools has finally been acknowledged, but the fix could be worse if it isn’t properly thought... Labour have started the ball rolling where they can this year, but secondary schools still face an ongoing uphill... Expectations of the new government have climbed even as ...
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May 28, 2018 · Schools Week is a leading digital newspaper providing In-depth, investigative education journalism, determined to get past the bluster and explain the facts.
SEND review: DfE finally publishes improvement plan - Schools Week
Mar 2, 2023 · Ministers finally published their special educational needs and disabilities improvement plan today, three years after the SEND review was first launched.. The government has pledged to go ahead with most major reforms. However a £70 million “change programme” – which will run for two to three years – will pilot proposed changes first, before they are finalised (full story here).
Revealed: The full scale of Labour’s SEND challenge
Oct 4, 2024 · Schools minister Catherine McKinnell pointed to announcements already introduced, such as the curriculum and assessment review which will look at improvements for SEND children and Ofsted inspections from next year probing how inclusive schools are.
Reform UK manifesto 2024: All the schools policies
Jun 17, 2024 · The Reform UK party has pledged a “patriotic school curriculum”, to review the content of history lessons and “ban transgender ideology in schools” in its manifesto published today.
Ofsted: Six key findings from its English subject report - Schools …
Mar 5, 2024 · Here’s what you need to know… 1. ‘The teaching of reading has improved markedly’ Schools prioritise reading, ensure the curriculum develops this skill and have invested in phonics programmes and training so teachers can teach pupils to read, Ofsted found.