Government policy

The councils facing insolvency due to SEND high needs deficits

SEND

What are ‘high and rising standards’ and how do we achieve them?

Accountability

Auto-enrolment for free school meals ‘a no-brainer’

Free School Meals

Must do better: Why Ofsted’s proposals are so dangerous

Ofsted

Report card: Ofsted has ‘learned nothing’ from Ruth Perry’s death

Ofsted

They promised change – but we face continuity austerity

Industrial action

National Audit Office issues stark warning over £13.8bn schools maintenance backlog

Facilities

SEN: A system in disarray, mired in red tape, and lacking funding

SEND

Paltry pay proposal signals end to Labour’s honeymoon

Pay and conditions

‘Death by a thousand cuts: We cannot go on like this’

School funding and finance

Children not in school registers draw closer as MPs debate Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill

Vulnerable children

The road to 6,500: Will pay snub and poor ITT recruitment jeopardise new teacher pledge?

Recruitment & Retention