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Apr- 2025 -29 April
Govt should invest £260m in teacher training funding, report says
The government should honour its promise to invest in teachers, beginning by providing £260m to fund a new national entitlement to teacher training, according to a report by the IPPR think tank and the education charity Ambition Institute. The report comes ahead of the spending review and as leading teaching…
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28 April
Schools unprepared to handle disruptive pupils, NAHT says
The National Association of Head Teachers has said that schools cannot address the root causes of disruptive behaviour from pupils alone, in response to the latest government exclusions data. According to this data, pupil suspensions and exclusions rose during the spring term compared with that of 2024, though there was…
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28 April
UK gov to cut school uniform costs
The UK Government is set to cut school uniform costs for around 4.2 million children, saving families an estimated £73m per year, new analysis has found. As the government’s landmark Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill proceeds in the House of Lords this week, analysis shows new laws will wipe over…
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25 April
Siddington CofE Primary School opens new legacy building
Siddington Church of England Primary School has officially opened its new legacy building with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, which was attended by members of the local community. It is intended that the new building will host the initial intake of pupils for The Steadings, until the primary school has been built…
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25 April
NASBTT labels Ofsted’s ITE toolkit as ‘underdeveloped’
The National Association of School-Based Teacher Trainers (NASBTT) has warned Ofsted that its proposed initial teacher education (ITE) toolkit to assess teacher training appears to be “underdeveloped” and “imprecise”. Responding to the “Improving the way Ofsted inspects education” consultation, NASBTT raised concerns about the definition proposed for “Exemplary”: a provider…
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24 April
NASUWT appoints Matt Wrack as new general secretary
Teachers’ union NASUWT has announced the appointment of Matt Wrack as the new general secretary. Wrack, who succeeds Patrick Roach, is a longstanding trade union leader who was formerly general secretary of the Fire Brigades Union and president of the Trades Union Congress. Regarding his appointment, Wrack said: “I am…
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24 April
University of Westminster launches Match Funding initiative
The University of Westminster has launched a new Match Funding initiative to help students struggling with financial hardship amid the cost-of-living crisis.For every donation made to the university’s Hardship Fund, the university will now match the amount with up to £50,000 per year over the next three years. It comes…
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24 April
Sadiq Khan invests over £340m in adult education in London
London mayor, Sadiq Khan, has announced an investment exceeding £340m for the upcoming academic year to help Londoners access training and get jobs in key sectors of the capital’s economy, such as tech, hospitality and green industries. It is estimated that this funding will help support roughly 200,000 Londoners to…
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23 April
Schools fail to provide wellbeing resources to teachers, NASUWT says
Many schools have failed to provide teachers with adequate facilities, resources and support systems to maintain their mental health and wellbeing, NASUWT revealed. According to NASUWT’s latest Big Question Survey, which analysed responses from 10,500 teachers across the UK, 82% of teachers think that work has negatively affected their mental…
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23 April
Teachers call for a doubling of planning and assessment time
Teachers have called for the amount of time allocated in the working day for planning, preparation and assessment to be increased from 10% to 20% in order to tackle “soaring levels of workload”. Representatives at the annual conference of NASUWT-The Teachers’ Union in Liverpool argued that a fully funded doubling…
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