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74% of schools in England have faced cuts since 2010, data finds

Seven in 10 schools in England have experienced cuts to their budgets since 2010, totalling £1m in 1,180 cases, according to new data from the Stop School Cuts coalition.  Teaching unions and parents and governors groups are urging the government to restore school funding in order to deal with “crises”…

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ASCL calls for remote working solutions to tackle recruitment struggles

The Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) has called on the government to enable more flexible working practices in teaching as education has become an “unattractive outlier” in a world of remote working.  In its ‘A roadmap for a sustainable education system’ report, the ASCL said the education sector…

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Unions call on gov to scrap inspection reform timetable

The Department for Education (DfE) must scrap plans to introduce its new school inspection arrangements in November and delay its implementation until the start of the 2026/27 academic year, unions have warned the government.  The general secretaries of NEU, NASUWT, ASCL and NAHT have written to state secretary Bridget Phillipson…

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ASCL ‘extremely disappointed’ in Ofsted’s grading reform proposals

The Association of School and College leaders (ASCL) has said it is “extremely disappointed” by proposals set out in Ofsted’s consultation on new report cards, warning that they “go nowhere near addressing the serious weaknesses of the current system outlined in the inquest into Ruth Perry’s death”.Its “biggest concern” is…

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