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Trusts are spending hundreds of thousands of pounds on back pay owed to staff after a legal ruling – but may no longer need to following a government review, say lawyers

Councils say they are being told to use cash earmarked for additional teachers and support staff to fund the 2021-22 teacher pay award

‘Heartbreaking’ education budget cuts in Northern Ireland would hit the most vulnerable children hardest, says children’s commissioner

Minister says schools could spend pupil premium on extending free school meals – but union boss warns this funding is already under ‘unsustainable pressure’

Board charged with delivering Scotland’s new education agency and independent inspectorate received less than a quarter of the funding it requested for 2022-23

Your round-up of 91¶¶Òõ’ must-read news and analysis this week includes the first result from a teacher strike ballot in England and Wales, analysis showing Ofsted’s priorities in inspections, and a worrying increase in SLT job vacancies

In response to a report revealing the dire financial situation for Scottish local authorities, one council leader predicts job losses in education

London Councils group warns the government that falling pupil numbers will ‘put further pressure’ on school budgets

Opposition attempt to create a new select committee to investigate independent school tax breaks fails

The forces of capitalism are creeping into state education, creating a divide between rich and poor schools, writes Sufian Sadiq

Labour plans to force a vote in Parliament on the creation of a new committee to look at the ‘fair taxation of schools and education standards’

Schools’ energy bills could be tens of thousands higher than they would have been if the previous government support scheme had continued, school leaders warn