News | Leadership and Policy

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

Free School Meals

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

Ofsted

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

‘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

Vague 6,500 recruitment target unlikely to be met without ‘new policy action’

Recruitment & Retention

Mainstream schools get £740m to 'create specialist facilities' for SEND students

School funding and finance

Parental disengagement hampering efforts to reduce unauthorised and persistent absence

Attendance

Youth club closures during austerity hit GCSE outcomes

Government policy

Budget 2024: A good starting point but much more will be needed

School funding and finance