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Parents in England to pay more for school lunches as caterers blame rising costs

As a new academic year begins providers say national insurance rises and food price inflation has forced up prices

The Guardian - UK

Teaching union welcomes ‘long-overdue’ Ofsted move to tailor inspections

Ofsted said the changes, which will be introduced in November, would deliver improved consistency and ‘more insightful, context-aware inspections’.

Evening Standard

Pupils in England face lost learning from flooding and extreme heat, study finds

School leaders call for action on adaptation measures as DfE research warns of potential impact of climate crisis

The Guardian - UK

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Many schools are dealing with consequences of toxic masculinity each day – union

Paul Whiteman, the NAHT school leaders’ union chief, has called for collaboration to stop a generation of boys ‘disappearing into a vortex of hatred’.

Evening Standard

Headteachers in England, Wales and NI say Send provision crisis is worsening

Nine out of 10 school leaders tell survey they are finding it harder to meet special needs of pupils than a year ago

The Guardian - UK

Most schools have Send pupils in mainstream classes amid capacity issues – poll

Many parents are ‘frustrated’ that schools cannot fully meet the needs of the Send pupils in their care, the chief of a school leaders’ union said.

Evening Standard

Headteachers across the UK are facing mental health crisis, new poll reveals

The majority of school leaders said their mental health has been negatively affected in the last year

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English schools left to subsidise infants’ free meals after 3p funding increase, say leaders

Department for Education criticised over funding rise from £2.58 to £2.61 per child per meal in September

The Guardian - UK

3p rise in free school meal funding will stretch school budgets, union warns

Government funding for free school meals offered to pupils in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 will rise from £2.58 to £2.61 a meal in September.

Evening Standard

More than a thousand complaints made following Ofsted school visits

The number of complaints to the education watchdog following school inspections has risen by 60% over three years, figures suggest.

The Independent UK

Most school leaders in England, Wales and NI say pupils’ parents have abused them

Parents banned from school sites after leaders spat at and trolled, poll finds

The Guardian - UK

More than four in five school leaders abused by parents in past year – survey

Parents have been banned from schools and reported to the police as a result of rising abusive behaviour towards senior leaders, a union has said.

The Independent UK

Hundreds of thousands of families in England to find out secondary school places

Parents of children with special educational needs face a ‘postcode lottery’ to secure specialist provision, a school leaders’ union has warned.

The Independent UK

Majority of school leaders reject Ofsted’s proposed report card system – poll

Paul Whiteman, general secretary of the NAHT school leaders’ union, has called on the watchdog to reconsider its ‘ill-thought-through plans’.

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The Guardian - UK

Record number of families in England fined over term-time holidays

Bridget Phillipson issues warning as parents seem more relaxed about unauthorised holidays since Covid

The Guardian - UK

Schools ‘need more help’ to tackle rising number of sexual assaults by pupils

Charities say better guidance is needed over increasing number of sexual assaults in UK primary schools

The Independent UK

Ofsted inspection reforms do not go ‘far enough’, school leaders’ union warns

The inspectorate has faced criticism following the death of headteacher Ruth Perry.

The Independent UK

Number of pupils off school around Christmas rises despite new rules

The Department for Education said other actions, such as a parenting order or prosecution, are being considered

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Evening Standard

Number of pupils in England off school increased ahead of Christmas holidays

The absence rate was 9.5% in the last week of the autumn term, the Department for Education figures suggest.

The Guardian - UK

Schools in England face ‘death by a thousand cuts’, headteachers say

Rising costs likely to outstrip funding in coming year, despite recent injections of additional money

The Guardian - UK

Safety checks ordered amid concern over thousands of postwar school buildings in England

Exclusive: Full structural surveys to be carried out on representative sample of about 100 system-built blocks

The Guardian - UK

Up to 300,000 children could be missing out on education in England, thinktank suggests

EPI blames patchy data for uncertainty over numbers and calls for national register to track those out of school

Evening Standard

Nearly one in three pupils in England given extra time in exams, says regulator

The total number of approved special access arrangements for GCSE, AS and A-level exams rose by 12.3% in the past year, according to Ofqual data.

Evening Standard

Reeves announces funding for crumbling schools and childcare ahead of Budget

The Chancellor said children ‘should not suffer for’ the dire state of the UK’s public finances.

The Independent UK

Backlash over thousands of A-level students at concrete crisis schools denied extra help

Labour MP Mary Foy says the decision not to provide extra consideration for affected pupils is ‘absolutely devastating’

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