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The 10 new attendance rules schools need to know about
Feb 29, 2024 · Ministers have published guidance on managing school attendance that will become mandatory from this September.. It includes new absence fine rates, thresholds at which penalties must be considered, requirements to share daily data with the government and new absence codes.. Here’s what schools need to know. 1. £80 fines and ‘improvement notices’ …
SEND review: DfE finally publishes improvement plan - Schools Week
Mar 2, 2023 · Ministers finally published their special educational needs and disabilities improvement plan today, three years after the SEND review was first launched.. The government has pledged to go ahead with most major reforms. However a £70 million “change programme” – which will run for two to three years – will pilot proposed changes first, before they are finalised (full story here).
Ofsted's science subject report: What leaders need to know
Feb 2, 2023 · Ofsted’s science subject report: The key things leaders need to know. Ofsted found some primary pupils go months without science classes, although picture is improving after pandemic disruption
Support staff unions accept £1,925 pay deal - Schools Week
Nov 2, 2023 · Unions representing school support staff across England have accepted a pay rise worth at least £1,925, or between 3.88 and 9.42 per cent
Teacher pay: What schools need to know about the 6.5% offer
Jul 13, 2023 · Teachers and school leaders have been offered pay rises of 6.5 per cent from September. Schools will be expected to fund 3.5 per cent from their own budgets, with the remaining 3 per cent coming from cuts to the Department for Education’s own budget.. The deal has the backing of unions, which have said they will recommend their members accept the deal.
Unions accept support staff pay rise of up to 10.5% - Schools Week
Nov 3, 2022 · Unions have accepted a pay offer that will see school support staff, including teaching assistants, and other council workers paid an extra £1,925 this year. The offer means a 10.5 per cent hike for the lowest-paid and just over 4 per cent for higher earners covered by the agreement. It is the highest rise offered
Support staff pay: Councils offer fresh £2k pay deal - Schools Week
Feb 23, 2023 · School support staff employed by councils have been offered a pay rise of almost £2,000. The across-the-board offer of at least £1,925 from the National Employers for local government service, which sets pay for around 1.4 million workers, is worth 9.42 per cent for the lowest-paid, and 3.88 per cent for those above the top of the pay spine.. The deal, if accepted by unions, would come into ...
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School SEND reports harder to read than Stephen Hawking book. Experts warn ‘we ought to be able to explain SEND to parents more clearly than someone explains cosmology’
Pay scales for teachers in England from September 2021 - Schools …
Oct 1, 2021 · The new teacher and school leadership pay scales for 2021-22 have been confirmed by the Department for Education.. It follows the announcement at last year’s spending review of a pay freeze for all public sector workers earning more than £24,000 a year.Those earning less are supposed to get a pay rise of at least …