Thursday
Teacher pay delay could help school budgets, says DfE
Teacher starting salaries were meant to rise to £30K this September but delay is giving schools ‘headroom’ in their budgets, MPs told
£500 extra for CPD ‘could stop thousands quitting’
Thousands of teachers could be retained if each got 35 hours of formal high-quality CPD per year, says think tank
Friday
Revealed: How DfE wants schools to focus recovery funds
Low-stakes quizzes may tell teachers more about learning loss than full past papers says government
Schools to get £203 per pupil for catch-up tutoring
New route into recovery tutoring will reach 60 per cent of children on pupil premium, according to DfE email seen by 91¶¶Òõ
School funding shifting away from the poorest, says NAO
National funding formula means majority of the most deprived schools have seen a real-terms funding cut, watchdog warns
DfE ‘doesn’t know’ Covid crisis cost impact on schools
Government has ‘utterly failed’ to assess Covid cost pressures for schools, say heads after watchdog calls for clarity
Thursday
Revealed: Where Covid learning loss has hit hardest
Pupils eligible for free school meals have missed more lessons than their peers, new DfE data shows
‘Divisive’ to exclude support staff from £400 payment
Paying only teachers and lecturers for extra qualifications work ‘ignores’ the input of other staff, say heads
