Schools won’t be able to plan their budgets for next year if the government decision on teacher pay is delayed by the general election, ASCL warns
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Sir Ian Bauckham has been named as the government’s preferred candidate for the role of Ofqual chief regulator
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Trust and academy decisions are made by regional directors appointed by Department for Education. tilda martin breaks down how the system works in our complete guide
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Who are the regional directors who run the trust system for the DfE? How do they operate? Who are they accountable to? tilda martin has all the info you need below

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A council battling to bring down its spending on SEND provision has drawn up plans that set an expectation for mainstream secondaries to educate pupils who are up to seven years behind age-related expectations of development - exclusive from John Roberts tes.com/magazine/news/…

Exclusive: One academy trust has been told ‘get legal advice’ after Department for Education put on hold its building repair funding for work that was due to begin within days
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Exclusive: ‘Without more funding, mainstream schools will have to make cuts in what they currently do to meet these additional demands,’ says a Kent school leader on the council’s new draft SEND plans
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.ASCL fears no decision will be made on teacher pay for 2024-25 until after the general election, having being unable to get an answer from Department for Education
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‘We have a responsibility to support these rural schools to thrive and be the centre of their local communities’: MAT leaders who have formed a group to support small schools talk to Tes about the challenges these settings are facing
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Following our exclusive reporting on the DfE's small schools working group, Tes delves further into the stories and people behind the group of trusts - and why they are fighting to protect small schools

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Hard to see how this won’t just push additional resource/cost pressures onto schools.

Important story from John Roberts this morning 👇

Exclusive: Schools and academy trusts have been told that Department for Education funding for building repairs has been put on hold – in one case just days before work was due to begin
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‘Staff have seen the value of their pay plummet, while often being asked to do even more’: UNISON - UK's largest union is urging school support staff to reject a pay offer of £1,290
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❗️Exclusive John Roberts
A council battling to bring down its spending on SEND provision has drawn up plans that set an expectation for mainstream secondary schools to educate pupils who are up to 7 years behind age-related expectations of development
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‘Thanks to this Ucas fee change, our trust can now afford to pay for two open days, giving students more opportunity to get a flavour of what life is like at different universities’: Dan Morrow welcomes a change that helps disadvantaged students
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What are teachers' demands ahead of the general election? Will support staff go on strike over pay? And why were teachers complaining about a GCSE exam this week? Find out with your free-to-read Tes education news round-up
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The latest updates to our Mat Tracker Map - showing all the trusts in the country and their size - are now live. See below!

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‘Teachers are underpaid and overworked': teachers’ and heads' unions have been setting out their demands from the next government, in response to news of a general election in July
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'Teaching is an intellectual vocation, and so the removal of the ability to exercise this aspect undermines, for many, not only a core aspect of the job but an important part of a teacher’s identity.'
Couldn't agree more. Vital at all education stages and in all subjects.

Handling safeguarding issues that occur online can be challenging for schools, but having clear policies and procedures in place for dealing with any issues can help reduce the amount of harm taking place online, says this education lawyer
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