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Friday
13th Jun 2025
Revealed: Education figures in King’s Birthday Honours list 2025
Delta CEO Paul Tarn has been given a knighthood and North East Learning Trust CEO Lesley Powell has been appointed dame
DfE confirms AI used in evidence analysis for curriculum review
Government says the use of artificial intelligence is now ‘common practice’ for large consultations, as school leaders question why the role of AI in the curriculum review was not stated at the start
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SEND tribunal appeals reach highest level
Number of receipts of appeals is up 36 per cent on same period last year amid pressure on government to solve the SEND crisis
Private schools lose court battle over VAT on fees
The High Court has given its judgement in a case that challenged the government’s introduction of VAT on independent school fees earlier this year
Russell Hobby: DfE targets ‘not the important thing’ for Teach First
The outgoing chief executive of Teach First reflects on his time leading the teacher training charity, how the government could improve recruitment and why it’s not always bad if graduates leave the profession
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Revealed: Exam boards’ inflation-busting fee increases
Price rises for GCSE and A-level exam entries have been branded ‘completely unacceptable’ by sector leaders
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Thursday
12th Jun 2025
Spanish becomes most popular foreign language GCSE
The rise of the subject could be down to the popularity of Spain as a holiday destination – and a shortage of teachers in other subjects, say headteachers’ leaders
Spending Review could mean teacher pay rises of 2% per year, experts say
Schools could see real-terms falls in actual budgets as pupil numbers fall and more is spent on SEND
Unfilled secondary school places up 50% in two years
Increase comes amid a major demographic shift caused by a falling birth rate that has resulted in the number of available primary places dropping to a decade-long low
DfE ‘should auto-enrol’ pupils for free school meals
Call for all eligible children to be automatically enrolled for FSM follows the government announcement that it is expanding the entitlement from next year