Wednesday
‘Increasing secondary pay over primary could fix supply issues’
This ‘radical’ option is among many that a new NFER report considers, writes Sarah Tang
Cross-party call for £1.5bn ‘Tutoring Guarantee’
A coalition is calling on the government to ramp up spending on one-to-one tuition for disadvantaged children and scrap schools’ need to match fund costs
Tuesday
Recruitment and retention crisis: 5 things MPs told today
MPs were warned about the challenges of running teaching apprenticeships and the lure of £40k starting salaries into other graduate professions
Axing private school tax breaks would have ‘weak’ impact on demand
Labour’s policy to add VAT to private school fees would bring in £1.6 billion in tax revenues, finds the IFS
Friday
What the new commissioning guidance fails to fix
There are areas in which the new guidance for the growth of MATs has failed to bring the needed clarity, argues Seamus Murphy
Schools as public services hubs? It’s complex but worth fighting for
The lessons of previous attempts to base public services in schools point us towards how we might finally make it work, argues Alasdair Macdonald
Bridget Phillipson on Labour’s plans for education
Education needs critical changes if every child is to have an equal opportunity to succeed, argues the shadow education secretary, writing exclusively for 91¶¶Òõ
SEND: ‘Cost-cutting’ deals could push councils to break law, DfE warned
Fears sounded over whether under-pressure local authorities will ‘fully comply with their legal duties to children and young people with SEND’
