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Schools sector leaders’ warnings come after the Treasury says government departments should stick ‘rigidly’ to spending limits put in place last October, despite soaring costs

Your roundup of 91¶¶Òõ’ most popular news and features articles from the past week, including the DfE and Ofqual’s plans for GCSE and A-level exams, the shortfall in teacher trainees and tips to tackle low-level disruption in your classroom

Nearly one in seven heads’ union members who responded to survey said it should hold a ballot over restricted duties in reaction to low funding and pay

Welsh government will fund two new schools that must be low on energy and water consumption

Heads keen to ensure that struggling families can afford school meals amid a rise in catering prices are having to make cuts elsewhere in their stretched budgets

Union boss issues scathing attack on relaunched Oak National Academy, calling it a ‘vanity project’ that will worsen teacher shortages

Leaders feel ‘demoralised, undervalued’ and unable to provide the education that pupils need due to cost pressures, unions warn

School governor survey also reveals less than a third feel their school is a financially sustainable position

Union leaders also slammed ‘unnecessary’ plans in mini Budget to require them to put pay offers to a member vote before proposing strike action

The Department for Education has at last revealed results of a schools energy deal survey, which it undertook in May

Influential MAT founder Sir Steve Lancashire calls for a ‘new era’ of respect for school leaders and teachers

Exclusive: School leaders have criticised as ‘fiscally irresponsible’ a government suggestion that school trusts use savings to cover rising energy and staff costs