Free schools

Free schools policy has ‘lost its way’, says NSN charity chair

David Ross leads chorus of former Conservative ministers and influential policy leaders pushing for renewed free school focus

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
School funding

Trusts with large reserves must prove they have plans to spend them

Government clarifies its approach to those sitting on large levels of reserves after crackdown calls from spending watchdog

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
Oak National Academy

Legal showdown over Oak quango gets the go-ahead

Bodies representing ed tech and publishing firms say the curriculum body amounts to 'unlawful state subsidy'

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
AI

Oak gets another £2m to expand AI quizzes and lesson planner

First step to 'providing every teacher with personalised artificial intelligence lesson-planning assistant', says government

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
Pensions

School pension contributions to rise – but government will fund (for now)

The rise of more than 20% for state schools will be funded by government, but private schools left out...

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
Childcare

£289m wraparound childcare scheme: what schools need to know

Schools will have 'central' role - but not all primaries will have to deliver childcare

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
SEND

Until ministers fix SEND, we’ll keep fighting for our rights

Ali Durban responds to controversial comments by Gillian Keegan about the special needs support system being 'lose, lose, lose'

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Ali Durban
Academies

Sir Hamid Patel appointed Confederation of School Trusts chair

Star Academies boss outlines his 'absolute commitment to represent the interests of all trusts, of all sizes and all...

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
Schools

Jamaican teachers ease Harris Federation’s recruitment woes

The leading trust says it has hired more than 150 specialist teachers from the country in five years

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter