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Strikes by teachers to go ahead after talks fail to achieve breakthrough

Teaching union leaders spent six hours with officials at the Department for Education but the row remains unresolved.

The Independent UK

Agency staff and volunteers could be used to fill in for teachers on strike days

The Department for Education has urged headteachers to ‘take all reasonable steps to keep the school open for as many pupils as possible’.

The Independent UK

Schools to bring back online lessons and Covid-style classes if teachers strike

Unions warn ‘the stakes have never been higher’ as they prepare to vote on walkouts that could start within weeks

The Independent UK

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Teachers’ unions promise new strike ballots if walkout numbers miss threshold

Results due from more unions tomorrow, as NAHT chief stresses that disputes over pay haven’t gone away

The Guardian - UK

Full list of government departments and services due to be hit by civil servant strike on February 1

A huge number of public services are set to impacted when 100,000 civil servants walk out

Evening Standard

Anger and frustration as 'desperately needed' new special needs school is delayed

"Not only is this morally wrong, but it's costing the council a huge sum of money."

Manchester Evening News

One in three teachers quit after just five years as schools face 'greatest crisis'

The Government is being urged to start negotiating with teaching unions to prevent a strike. Figures show 26,443 teachers who qualified in the last five years have already left the job

Daily Mirror

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New school, offices and hundreds of homes among huge Nottingham developments coming in 2023

It is set to be a big year for the city

Nottingham Post

Nottinghamshire schools to be 'transformed' thanks to Government funding

The announcement comes as the Department for Education’s annual report found 'there is a risk of collapse of one or more blocks in some schools'

Nottingham Post

Full list of schools set to be rebuilt or refurbished in Government-funded scheme

The School Rebuilding Programme will upgrade school buildings to make them more energy efficient and replace classrooms, sports halls and dining rooms

Daily Mirror

'Incredibly disappointed' MP meets minister over major delays to Newcastle school being built

It emerged last month that the long-awaited permanent home of the Great Park Academy will not be ready until 2025

Chronicle Live

Education’s pandemic recovery at ‘crisis level’

The Government has been criticised for failing to fund catch-up programmes enough

Evening Standard

All the bad news buried before Christmas - including sacked Gavin Williamson's payoff

MPs have just left for Christmas - so we've trawled through seven details that got slipped out at the last minute, from Gavin Williamson's golden goodbye to school buildings facing collapse

Daily Mirror

Teacher recruitment target missed in England – why people don't want to enter or stay in the profession

The Department for Education has managed to recruit less than 60% of the new secondary school teachers expected this year in England, recent figures show. This is unsurprising for those of us working in education.

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Liverpool Echo

'Appalling mistakes' by council led to schools' energy bill pain

It was confirmed on Tuesday that schools across Liverpool face £2.2m in energy fees

Liverpool Echo

Schools hit with £2m energy bill after Liverpool Council error

Cabinet member Tom Logan confirmed how much schools would face after summer contract blunder

Liverpool Echo

Improvement plan for troubled children's services published

The service received a dire Ofsted inspection earlier this year

Manchester Evening News

The ‘lost generation’ of primary school pupils ‘forgotten’ during the pandemic

The gap between Manchester's youngest children and the rest of the country is widening, the first school results since the pandemic reveal

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Daily Mirror

Britain's schools at breaking point with nothing left to give, headteacher warns

Headteacher Richard Slade said his school faces a minimum £154,000 deficit this financial year. He warned children's safety could be put at risk if schools are forced to make too many cuts

Chronicle Live

When to keep children off school amid strep A and scarlet fever cases

The UKHSA has issued guidance to parents on when to keep kids at home and when they can go back to school if they get scarlet fever

Evening Standard

Transgender guidance for schools delayed until next year

Guidance for schools is ‘clearly critical and needed’, MPs warn

The Independent UK

Government misses teacher recruitment target by almost a third

Data from the Department for Education (DfE) shows there were 29% fewer new entrants than needed.

Chronicle Live

Newcastle Great Park Academy delay: Government 'working as quickly as possible' to build new school

It was announced last week that the new Great Park Academy may not be in its permanent home until summer 2025

The Independent UK

Call for ‘decisive action’ as report shows high stress among educational staff

The Government has been urged to invest more in the education workforce and to improve working conditions.

The Guardian - UK

Schoolchildren in England to learn about biodiversity in new RHS project

Partnership between RHS, Natural History Museum and DfE will enable schools to access funding to create green spaces

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