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May- 2025 -23 May
DfE to offer earlier speech and language support for 20,000 children
Up to 20,000 more children are set to benefit from earlier targeted support to overcome speech and language challenges before concerns escalate, The Department for Education (DfE) has announced. Backed by £3.4m this year, the Early Language Support for Every Child (ELSEC) programme deploys specialist teams across primary schools and…
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23 May
DfE to extend flexible working programme for teachers
The Department of Education (DfE) has extended its Flexible Working Ambassadors programme for a further year, enabling teachers to plan lessons from home, job-share or work flexible hours.It comes as figures from the government show that 46% of teachers had a flexible working arrangement in place in 2024, up by…
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22 May
Glodwick teachers to strike over health and safety concerns
Today (22 May) members of NASUWT will begin strike action at Glodwick Infant and Nursery School in Oldham over what it called “continuous issues with health and safety”. Teachers at Glodwick said they have “endured a lack of action” from school leadership over health and safety risks onsite. The…
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22 May
DfE accepts 4% pay rise for teachers
The government has accepted the School Teachers’ Review Body’s recommendation of a 4% pay rise for teachers from September 2025, alongside an additional £615m in funding. However, the Department for Education (DfE) confirmed that schools will still have to fund around 1% of the increase themselves, which it said could…
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22 May
Dr Helen Pain MBE steps down as chair of Anglian Learning trust board
Dr Helen Pain MBE is stepping down as chair of the trust board at Anglian Learning, as well as her role as a trustee of Joyce Frankland Academy, Newport and trustee of Anglian Learning.The multi-academy trust said that Pain has “championed the needs of all pupils, but especially those from…
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21 May
Billions of school funding funnelled into private companies, NASUWT finds
Billions of pounds intended for education are being siphoned away from frontline teaching and funnelled into private companies and agencies leaving schools struggling, a new report has revealed. New findings from NASUWT Teachers’ Union exposed a pattern of financial mismanagement, excessive executive pay, and profiteering in SEND provision, supply teacher…
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21 May
VAT impact: 11,000 fewer pupils at independent schools, ICS says
The Independent School Council’s (ISC) annual census has revealed that there are 545,640 pupils at its 1,423 member schools, a reduction of nearly 11,000 or 2% compared with 2024, which it says highlights the impact of the 20% VAT charge on private education that came into force in January 2025.…
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21 May
Compass proposes merger with Eko Trust
The Compass Partnership of Schools has proposed a merger with Eko Trust in a move that would create a 25-school trust. The trust said that partnering with another “high-performing” academy trust would benefit over 9,000 pupils. Compass said it is proposing to join forces with Eko Trust so that “our schools…
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20 May
OfS cuts ‘catastrophic’, says UCU
The University and College Union (UCU) has called the latest government cuts to higher education as “catastrophic”. The union was responding to the slashing of the Office for Students’ strategic priorities grant and capital funding. The news comes as the Department for Education has provided The Office for Students (OfS)…
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20 May
1 in 4 pupils disengage from school in first year of secondary, research shows
More than one in four pupils begins to disengage from school during Year 7, according to the largest-ever study of pupil engagement in England conducted by education research organisation ImpactED Group. The new research has identified the first year of secondary school as a critical point in children’s education, with…
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