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• Union anger over Labour government’s ‘insulting’ 2.8% public sector pay plan

  10-12-2024 21:56
  
  Pay review bodies will make final recommendations on proposed rises for teachers, NHS staff and other workersThe government is set for a clash with trade unions after ministers recommended a 2.8% pay rise for teachers, NHS staff and other public sector workers next year.Government departments said they were budgeting for the rise, but unions argued the recommended rise would be insufficient considering increases in the cost of living. Continue reading...
  
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• Policy paper: Evidence to the STRB: 2025 pay award for teachers and leaders

  10-12-2024 18:00 via gov.uk
  
  The Education Secretary’s evidence to the School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB) about the 2025 pay award.
  
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• Nurseries warn of rising fees ahead of childcare expansion

  10-12-2024 16:54 via bbc.com
  
  Bosses in the early years sector say the government's uplift in funding will not cover rising costs.
  
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• Plan to fine Devon schools £21k for each exclusion

  10-12-2024 16:10 via bbc.com
  
  A report to Devon County Council said the move could raise more than £5m a year.
  
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• Resources to support data protection in schools

  10-12-2024 13:00 via gov.uk
  
  Download resources to help with data protection in schools, including posters, templates, and learning materials.
  
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• Record keeping and management

  10-12-2024 13:00 via gov.uk
  
  How to carry out an audit to check what personal data your school holds. You can use a data retention schedule to document how long you'll keep different types of data for.
  
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• Generative artificial intelligence (AI) and data protection in schools

  10-12-2024 13:00 via gov.uk
  
  How to address potential data protection risks of using generative AI in schools.
  
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• 'I tried everything to get my daughter to go to school'

  10-12-2024 12:38 via bbc.com
  
  Twelve-year-old Hannah missed most of her primary education but has been receiving support to get her back to school.
  
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• Press release: Over £2 billion boost to secure expansion in early education

  10-12-2024 11:17 via gov.uk
  
  Government takes first steps towards milestone to increase school readiness with over £2bn uplift to early years investment compared to last year.
  
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• US teacher loses job after bathroom ban led to children urinating on themselves

  10-12-2024 11:00
  
  Several first-grade students wet themselves at Bartlett elementary in Texas due to educator’s punishmentA Texas school teacher is reportedly “no longer employed” at the local district where she had been working after she prohibited her first-grade class from using the bathroom as punishment – causing several students to urinate on themselves.According to a social media post from a school parent who later spoke to local news outlets, the teacher at Bartlett elementary sent
  
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• Research: Survey of Adult Skills 2023: national report for England

  10-12-2024 11:00 via gov.uk
  
  This report looks at the literacy, numeracy and problem-solving skills of adults in England in comparison with other countries.
  
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• Guidance: Oak National Academy independent review: process and terms of reference

  10-12-2024 10:30 via gov.uk
  
  An independent review of Oak National Academy led by Lara Newman.
  
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• Guidance: Early years funding Section 251 data: 2024 to 2025

  10-12-2024 10:30 via gov.uk
  
  Information on indicators of local authority early education services, and ways to compare an individual local authority to other local authorities.
  
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• Free school meal funding 'not enough' - caterer

  10-12-2024 07:26 via bbc.com
  
  A rise of 5p paid to schools for free meals will take food of children's plates, Adam Curtis says.
  
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• Fix SEN funding to avoid ‘absurd’ council deficits in England, IFS says

  10-12-2024 01:01
  Thinktank calls on government to set a long-term vision for radical changeCouncil deficits in England could spiral to “absurd” levels in excess of £8bn in less than three years without radical reform of special educational needs funding, a leading economics thinktank has said.Spending on pupils with SEN has gone up nearly 60% over the past decade, with the government announcing a further £1bn in the October budget, but increased investment has failed to meet rising need,
  
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