The Mayor of London is still assessing how the government’s expansion of free school meals could create savings for his own scheme, which offers lunches to all primary pupils, as he faces an 'unprecedented level of uncertainty' in his budget
schoolsweek.co.uk/london-mayor...
06.12.2025 09:06 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Behaviour and attendance hub support details shared by DfE
Details shared for 'regional' and 'enhanced' support pathways as part of newly merged hubs
The DfE has shared more details for how its behaviour and attendance hubs will work, with schools being offered either 'regional' or 'enhanced' support pathways
schoolsweek.co.uk/dfe-reveals-...
06.12.2025 09:00 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
The council schools with million pound budget deficits
Some maintained deficits dwarf those of multi academy trusts, and even face interest payments
💸 Exclusive: Dozens of council-run schools have deficits of over £1 million, shock figures reveal, with some even charged six-figure sums in 'interest' by councils for racking up the losses
06.12.2025 07:30 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Behaviour and attendance hub support details shared by DfE
Details shared for 'regional' and 'enhanced' support pathways as part of newly merged hubs
More details have been revealed for how the government’s behaviour and attendance hubs will work, with schools being offered either 'regional' or 'enhanced' support pathways
schoolsweek.co.uk/dfe-reveals-...
05.12.2025 17:16 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
The council schools with million pound budget deficits
Some maintained deficits dwarf those of multi academy trusts, and even face interest payments
💸 Exclusive: Dozens of council-run schools have deficits of over £1 million, shock figures reveal, with some even charged six-figure sums in 'interest' by councils for racking up the losses
05.12.2025 17:11 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Nigel de Gruchy, teachers' champ who savaged with soundbites
The former trade union leader has died at the age of 82. One of his successors pays tribute
'The politics of the soundbite was something Nigel claimed as his own. His choice of words may not always have been comfortable, but it was always memorable'
Dr Patrick Roach pays tribute to former @nasuwt-official.bsky.social general secretary Nigel de Gruchy
schoolsweek.co.uk/nigel-de-gru...
05.12.2025 16:45 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
ICYMI: The children's commissioner for England has warned alternative provision settings 'do not know their pupils well', as a new report finds one in three can only estimate the number of pupils on their rolls
schoolsweek.co.uk/ap-settings-...
05.12.2025 16:02 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
ICYMI: A new legal duty will be introduced for councils to notify schools when a child is placed in temporary accommodation, government has announced as part of its child poverty strategy
schoolsweek.co.uk/councils-to-...
05.12.2025 16:01 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The council schools with million pound budget deficits
Some maintained deficits dwarf those of multi academy trusts, and even face interest payments
💸 Exclusive: Dozens of council-run schools have deficits of over £1 million, shock figures reveal, with some even charged six-figure sums in 'interest' by councils for racking up the losses
05.12.2025 12:15 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The council schools with million pound budget deficits
Some maintained deficits dwarf those of multi academy trusts, and even face interest payments
💸 Investigation: Dozens of council-run schools have deficits of over £1 million, shock figures reveal, with some even charged six-figure sums in 'interest' by councils for racking up the losses
05.12.2025 10:02 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 2
A new legal duty will be introduced for councils to notify schools when a child is placed in temporary accommodation, government has announced as part of its child poverty strategy
schoolsweek.co.uk/councils-to-...
05.12.2025 07:00 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
A new legal duty will be introduced for councils to notify schools when a child is placed in temporary accommodation, government has announced as part of its child poverty strategy
schoolsweek.co.uk/councils-to-...
04.12.2025 22:31 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Teacher recruitment up 11%, but secondary target missed
Secondary recruitment hits 88% of target, while primary over-recruits by 26% after targets cut
New annual census figures show trainee teacher numbers have grown by 11 per cent this year, with government over-recruiting would-be primary teachers but again missing its target for secondary
schoolsweek.co.uk/trainee-teac...
04.12.2025 22:01 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Ministers’ SEND listening campaign 'futile', say parents
But ministers seeks to reassure the sector they are listening
The government’s new public engagement campaign on SEND has been labelled a 'futile tick-box exercise' by parents, as ministers seek to reassure the sector they are listening
04.12.2025 20:30 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
Teacher recruitment up 11%, but secondary target missed
Secondary recruitment hits 88% of target, while primary over-recruits by 26% after targets cut
Trainee teacher numbers have grown by 11 per cent this year with the government over-recruiting would-be primary teachers – but it has again missed its target for secondary
schoolsweek.co.uk/trainee-teac...
04.12.2025 16:00 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Half of PINS schools did not get full neurodiversity support
Evaluators highlighted implementation challenges with the £22m programme's first year in 1,669 schools
➡️ Only half of primary schools on a £22 million flagship government inclusion programme were given all the support on offer, an interim evaluation has found
04.12.2025 14:30 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
Schools 'expected' to use new capped supply agency deal
DfE launches 'maximising value for pupils' programme aimed at helping schools find savings
Schools will be 'expected' to use a new government framework for supply teacher agency spending, which will include new caps on the rates companies can charge, ministers have announced
schoolsweek.co.uk/schools-expe...
04.12.2025 12:47 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Teacher recruitment up 11%, but secondary target missed
Secondary recruitment hits 88% of target, while primary over-recruits by 26% after targets cut
Breaking: Trainee teacher numbers have grown by 11 per cent this year, with government over-recruiting would-be primary teachers but still missing its target for secondary
schoolsweek.co.uk/trainee-teac...
04.12.2025 10:18 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
5 things we learned from Phillipson at education committee
Education secretary Bridget Phillipson took questions from MPs about teacher recruitment, SEND deficits, language take-up and trans guidance
The education secretary has taken questions from MPs about a range of topics including teacher recruitment, SEND deficits, language take-up and trans guidance.
Here are the key things we learned...
schoolsweek.co.uk/abuse-over-p...
03.12.2025 22:01 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Ofsted: 'Missed opportunities' to keep SEND pupils in school
Sir Martyn Oliver expressed deepening concerns about the number of children only attending school part-time
ICYMI: Ofsted's annual report has warned of concerns over rising numbers of children missing out on school, and missed opportunities to identify pupils’ SEND needs and arrange support to keep them in education
schoolsweek.co.uk/ofsted-warns...
03.12.2025 20:00 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Ofsted: Too many pupils 'out of step with school life'
Chief inspector also warns social media and smartphones are partly responsible for disruptive behaviour
ICYMI: Too many children are 'falling out of step with the expectations of school life' through absence, making them 'more likely to cross boundaries, challenge teachers' and disrupt learning, Ofsted's chief inspector has warned
schoolsweek.co.uk/ofsted-too-m...
03.12.2025 18:00 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Ofsted: Too many pupils 'out of step with school life'
Chief inspector also warns social media and smartphones are partly responsible for disruptive behaviour
Too many children are 'falling out of step with the expectations of school life' through absence, making them 'more likely to cross boundaries, challenge teachers' and disrupt learning, warns Ofsted's annual report
schoolsweek.co.uk/ofsted-too-m...
02.12.2025 18:00 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
Spending watchdog defends SEND budget forecast
OBR official says it was 'reasonable' to illustrate the potential impact on the schools budget
The DfE’s top boss told MPs that when council SEND deficits started to build ‘I think it was felt that this might be a short term change hump’, prompting programmes aimed at bringing deficits down
‘It looks like it was a more sustained challenge’
schoolsweek.co.uk/spending-wat...
02.12.2025 17:22 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
That brings this meeting of the education committee to an end.
02.12.2025 16:37 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Phillipson says 'there have been no final decisions taken on any aspect of reform' and urged parents to engage with the DfE and share their views.
Phillipson assures the SEND white paper will still be delivered early in the new year.
02.12.2025 16:37 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Committee chair Helen Hayes MP has asked if Phillipson can give parents any reassurances or a clearer timeline, as to when the DfE will deliver its SEND white paper and SEND reforms. The white paper was originally due this autumn, but is now set to be published 'early in the new year'
02.12.2025 16:35 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Acland-Hood added: 'When you try and do something new, you run a little bit more of a risk ... We should have spotted [the errors] before they went out. We really tried to correct it very quickly after it was spotted'
02.12.2025 16:26 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 1
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