Freddie Whittaker
Deputy Editor and Political Editor at Schools Week
Deputy editor of @SchoolsWeek, covering Westminster, Whitehall, unions, funding, children's rights | Organiser @HackDrinks | https://t.co/mPaDBoJYkX
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5 days ago |
schoolsweek.co.uk | Freddie Whittaker
More from this theme Recent articles Among the usual rollcall of academy chief executives, union bosses and headteachers in the King’s birthday honours last week was a primary teacher from Manchester. While his name may be unfamiliar to senior leaders, Lee Parkinson – AKA Mr P – is something of a minor celebrity among primary teachers, with a Teacher Tapp poll last month naming him the UK’s top “education influencer”.
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6 days ago |
schoolsweek.co.uk | Freddie Whittaker
More from this theme Recent articles Ministers face writing off a sizeable chunk of a £2.8 million debt owed by the SchoolsCompany academy trust after a four-year legal battle ended in secret settlement deals. In 2021, the SchoolsCompany Trust launched legal action with backing from the Department for Education to recoup £2.8 million in alleged “losses” from six former trustees.
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1 week ago |
feweek.co.uk | Freddie Whittaker
SEND deficits to be kept off council balance sheets for two more years SEND deficit 'statutory override' protecting potentially scores of councils from insolvency extended to 2028 SEND deficit 'statutory override' protecting potentially scores of councils from insolvency extended to 2028 More from this theme Recent articles An accounting loophole keeping spiralling SEND deficits from bankrupting councils has been extended for two years.
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1 week ago |
schoolsweek.co.uk | Freddie Whittaker
SEND deficits to be kept off council balance sheets for two more years SEND deficit 'statutory override' protecting potentially scores of councils from insolvency extended to 2028 SEND deficit 'statutory override' protecting potentially scores of councils from insolvency extended to 2028 More from this theme Recent articles An accounting loophole keeping spiralling SEND deficits from bankrupting councils has been extended for two years.
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1 week ago |
schoolsweek.co.uk | Freddie Whittaker
More from this theme Recent articles Pupils who spent up to half a year in isolation rooms are challenging a trust’s use of a behaviour policy that they claim failed to consider the impact on their wellbeing. But lawyers for the GORSE Academies Trust have defended its “positive discipline” policy, and insist the use of isolation rooms has helped to improve the behaviour of the pupils now challenging the practice in court.
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Lots of confusion around about what the extension of free school meals announced last week means for schools. I've unpicked it all here in the hope of clearing things up!
Super explainer from @FCDWhittaker on what schools need to know about the free school meals expansion The issue of schools not getting pupil premium for the newly-eligible youngsters has caused some confusion - so hopefully this piece helps
RT @SchoolsWeek: Breaking: All children from households eligible for universal credit will be offered free school meals in what the prime m…
Dead proud of @samanthajbooth for this much-deserved recognition for tireless reporting on the SEND crisis
Congratulations to Samantha Booth from @SchoolsWeek for being awarded winner of Specialist Journalist of the Year at The Press Awards 2025! https://t.co/AzBkGZ5VMG