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After-school clubs and reduced VAT on boarding school students could reduce tax bill for independent schools if Labour pushes ahead with fee levy, say experts

Some schools are questioning the point of getting tutoring ‘up and running’ when funds are set to disappear next year

This week’s essential education news includes a warning that teaching is becoming a ‘military tour of duty’, Sunak’s plan for a new qualification and worries about MAT finances

Less than half of multi-academy trusts are confident about their long-term finances, research shows

Special schools in particular may see increased cost pressures as they fund pay increases for more support staff, warn researchers

The disadvantage gap is still wider than before the pandemic despite the recovery of some learning lost during Covid, NFER research shows

The prime minister has unveiled plans to bring in a new qualification combining A levels and T levels, with the government also saying it will look at reforming GCSEs

But users of Oak National Academy lesson resources report better wellbeing and are more likely to see themselves staying in teaching

All eyes will be on Rishi Sunak and the Conservatives next week following a turbulent start to the term for schools, including the RAAC crisis and absence concerns

RAAC crisis has shone a light on chronic underfunding for school buildings, unions and governors tell Rishi Sunak

NFER recommends the government should widen the scope of the teacher recruitment and retention strategy to include TAs

The education secretary and Downing Street were given advice to change guidance on 21 August after two incidents in which RAAC planks failed