General
Monday
6th Jul 2026
Only 6% of schools opened late after England vs Mexico
Most schools did not make any changes to the school day to accommodate England’s 2am World Cup match against Mexico
Inclusion: experts warn against ‘ineffective’ teaching adaptations
The EEF has produced a new research-backed toolkit to support inclusive teaching, which highlights the risk of approaches that ‘lower expectations’
Friday
3rd Jul 2026
Revealed: RISE teams’ priorities for each region
The DfE publishes plans setting out its school improvement priorities for all of the nine regions in England
Schools face ‘difficult decisions’ over using X, says attorney general
The government’s chief legal adviser, Richard Hermer, speaks exclusively to 91¶¶Òõ about citizenship, rule of law teaching and social media
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Thursday
2nd Jul 2026
CST questions legality of CEO pay crackdown
Academy trust sector body tells members it is ‘testing the legalities’ of the government’s plan to limit MAT senior leaders’ pay
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Union calls for ‘flexible’ school start after England vs Mexico
The call from NEU’s Daniel Kebede follows England manager Thomas Tuchel, who told parents to ‘write an excuse for school and let children watch’ the World Cup match
Schools told to pay ‘half’ of teacher pay rise
The DfE has told schools they will need to find the first 1 per cent of next year’s teacher pay rise – but this money will be on top of the ‘financial headroom’ the government claims exists in schools’ budgets
Exam board rebuked for ‘serious’ and ‘avoidable’ A-level maths failures
Pearson Edexcel accepted that during last year’s exam series, its questions were ‘unreasonably similar’ to 2022 A-level maths exams after it repurposed previous contingency papers
Wednesday
1st Jul 2026
How will the MAT CEO pay cap work?
Multi-academy trusts will need government approval before advertising chief executive salaries above £174,000, under plans announced today
Anger over ‘patronising’ DfE heatwave message to heads
Officials question schools that closed early last week because of the heat, telling them it is important for as many pupils as possible to attend
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Revealed: Teachers to be offered 3.5% pay rise
The government also announces curbs on the salaries of multi-academy trust executives
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DfE spending on influencers exceeds £700K over two years
The spending on influencer marketing at a time when schools are struggling for cash suggests the government is operating in an ‘alternate reality’, says heads’ leader