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‘I’m a champion for teachers’: How Mr P got his MBE

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”.
DfE faces big bill as secret deal ends SchoolsCompany saga

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.
SEND deficits kept off councils' balance sheets until 2028

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.
Trust legal challenge over child in isolation for 83 days

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.
Global heating could lose pupils 12 teaching days a year

1 week ago | schoolsweek.co.uk | Freddie Whittaker

As many as 12 teaching days a year could be lost to global heating by the turn of the century, new research shows. The Met Office and University College London report analysed nearly 20,000 state school buildings to investigate how climate risks such as flooding and overheating could affect future students’ learning. It comes after the government scrapped a grant scheme aimed at making school sites more green.
FED calls for 'enforceable' school inclusion framework and audits

1 week ago | schoolsweek.co.uk | John Dickens

More from this theme Recent articles Schools should produce inclusion audits and follow “enforceable” national inclusivity standards, suggests a new report that sets out a blueprint for “shaping a system that works for everyone”. The Foundation of Education Development (FED), which advocates for a long-term approach to education policy, said a national inclusion framework would help set “consistent and enforceable” expectations for inclusive practice.
Infrastructure strategy pledges 250 more school rebuilds

1 week ago | schoolsweek.co.uk | Freddie Whittaker

Infrastructure strategy pledges rebuilds for 250 more schools And school and college maintenance funding to rise to £3bn a year by 2035 And school and college maintenance funding to rise to £3bn a year by 2035 Another 250 schools will join the government’s school rebuilding programme over the next decade, with £20 billion from ministers’ new 10-year infrastructure strategy earmarked for rebuilds.
Urgently set out plan for SEND 'cliff-edge', MPs tell DfE

1 week ago | schoolsweek.co.uk | Freddie Whittaker

Urgently set out plans to avoid SEND deficits ‘cliff-edge’, MPs tell DfE Senior MP warns 'lack of action' suggests government is 'comfortable with the current state of affairs' Senior MP warns 'lack of action' suggests government is 'comfortable with the current state of affairs' The “end is looming for the short-term workaround” keeping councils from bankruptcy because of their spiralling SEND deficits, MPs have warned, after the government’s reforms were kicked further down the road. The...
DfE should probe low free meals rates at special schools

1 week ago | schoolsweek.co.uk | John Dickens

Investigate ‘shocking’ special school free meal take-up, DfE told Study finds quarter of eligible pupils in special schools not taking up free school meal Study finds quarter of eligible pupils in special schools not taking up free school meal Ella Jessel 17 Jun 2025, 16:36 The government has been urged to investigate free school meal uptake in special schools after new research revealed a quarter of children are currently missing.
School repairs 'bid rigging' probe extended by watchdog

1 week ago | schoolsweek.co.uk | Freddie Whittaker

Watchdog extends probe into suspected school repairs ‘bid-rigging’ Competition and Markets Authority gathers more evidence in investigation into bids for the condition improvement fund Competition and Markets Authority gathers more evidence in investigation into bids for the condition improvement fund Ella Jessel 17 Jun 2025, 15:46 The UK’s competition watchdog has extended its investigation into construction companies suspected to have “illegally colluded to rig bids” on contracts for school...