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May 28, 2018 · Everything the government wants to achieve through the Francis review is already being delivered in many of our schools. Budget 2024: Schools must be front of the funding queue. £1.4bn pledged by the chancellor relates to the existing rebuilding programme, which will only reach around 500 schools, warns…. Investigation.
The 10 new attendance rules schools need to know about
Feb 29, 2024 · 6. Flag long-term sick leave with LAs. Schools will have to give councils the name and address of sick pupils who they believe will miss 15 consecutive or cumulative days. Schools will also be “expected to inform a pupil’s social worker and/or youth offending team worker if there are unexplained absences from school”.
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 ...
Teacher pay: What schools need to know about the 6.5% offer
13 Jul 2023, 14:29. Teachers and school leaders have been offered pay rises of 6.5 per cent from September. Schools will be expected to fund 3.5 per cent from their own budgets, with the remaining 3 per cent coming from cuts to the Department for Education’s own budget. The deal has the backing of unions, which have said they will recommend ...
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Academy body demands accountability clarity over school improvement team plans. Government announcement over new school improvement teams sparks renews concerns over where responsibilities will lie. Jack Dyson. 8h.
Support staff unions accept £1,925 pay deal - Schools Week
Freddie Whittaker. 2 Nov 2023, 14:45. Unions representing school support staff across England have accepted a pay rise worth at least £1,925, putting to bed a long-running dispute. Unison and the GMB confirmed this week they had backed the offer from councils, worth 3.88 per cent for the highest earners and 9.42 per cent for those at the ...
Unions accept support staff pay rise of up to 10.5% - Schools Week
3 Nov 2022, 10:02. More from this author. Unions have accepted a pay offer that will see school support staff, including teaching assistants, and other council workers paid an extra £1,925 this year. The offer means a 10.5 per cent hike for the lowest-paid and just over 4 per cent for higher earners covered by the agreement.
How schools are caught up in a £200m MIS ‘turf war’
Feb 13, 2023 · One trust leader told Schools Week the pace of ESS’ cloud rollout had allowed rivals to pounce, but they only had a “narrow window” given ESS’ three-year Next Gen investment. “Whichever rival steals a march could position themselves as the new SIMS.” Perry agreed there was “something of a gold rush”, estimating schools spent …
James Cleverly: 12 facts about the new education secretary
Jul 7, 2022 · Cleverly is the MP for Braintree in Essex. He is the first education secretary or minister of education to hail from the county since Rab Butler. Like his predecessor, he was first elected in 2015. He has had a range of government roles, including as a cabinet minister without portfolio, as well as jobs at the Brexit department and Foreign Office.
Pay scales for teachers in England from September 2022 - Schools …
Oct 14, 2022 · The new pay scales for teachers and school leaders for 2022-23 have been confirmed by the Department for Education.. It follows the announcement earlier this year of a 5 per cent increase for most teachers and leaders, and an 8.9 per cent increase in starting salaries.. While local authority-maintained schools are required to follow these pay scales, academies and free schools are allowed to ...