Friday
Schools White Paper: 5 key claims fact-checked
91¶¶Òõ unpicks some of the big claims made by the government in its long-awaited Schools White Paper – and finds some interesting and creative use of data
Schools are on the financial brink - and it’s going to get worse
A perfect storm of financial pressures is going to put a huge strain on school budgets – and heads are warning that the quality of education and support for pupils will suffer
Tuesday
School attainment gap funding to drop by £16.5m
The drop comes as the 2021-22 Covid ‘uplift’ in Pupil Equity Funding is removed, meaning some schools will be over £90,000 worse off in 2022-23
White Paper ‘risks watering down’ pupil premium
Warning over DfE plan to ‘make it easier’ for funding aimed at disadvantaged pupils to be spent on improving literacy and numeracy
SEND Green Paper: Why the DfE needs to win families’ trust
The families of pupils with SEND will be wondering why it has taken so long to get to this point – but at least the Green Paper offers hope of positive change, says Rob Webster
Consider ending energy deals with Russian firms, heads told
Many schools and local authorities have contracts with Russian firm Gazprom
SEND Green Paper: A chance to fix problems plaguing special schools
The government plans outlined in the SEND Green Paper are too focused on finance – but they do give us an opportunity to tackle long-standing issues, says this special-school leader
Thursday
Welsh schools ‘aim to un-normalise sexual harassment’
Staff need time to build trusting relationships if they are to tackle peer-on-peer sexual harassment – but that requires investment, say heads in Wales
Fears of special school funding ‘postcode lottery’
Exclusive: School leaders warn that top-up funding through the Schools Supplementary Grant may not reach them
