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13 June 2026

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Lydia Chantler-Hicks

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Attendance and behaviour will remain linked, says Ofsted

Union boss warns schools will continue to be punished and parents confused

Lydia Chantler-Hicks

7 May 2026
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DfE ‘ignores’ special school staff in annual workforce forecasts

Lack of specific data is 'mind-boggling' as the SEND reforms loom and special schools are over-stretched

Lydia Chantler-Hicks

7 May 2026 | Inclusion
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‘Protect and nurture’ university role in teacher training, says outgoing UCET boss

James Noble-Rogers reflects on decades advocating for university teacher training departments

Lydia Chantler-Hicks

30 Apr 2026 | Profile
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Government-funded ‘Get into Teaching’ events scrapped by DfE

The department quietly updated its website to say it had 'made the decision not to run own-brand events'

Lydia Chantler-Hicks

30 Apr 2026 | Recruitment and retention
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Supply staff agency fee caps: What schools need to know

New framework will help tackle 'exorbitant' supplier fees charged by some agencies

Lydia Chantler-Hicks

30 Apr 2026 | Academies
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Ofsted: More inclusive schools more likely to be graded down, analysis suggests

Analysis of more than 650 Ofsted reports renews concern around use of 'crude' national averages

Lydia Chantler-Hicks

30 Apr 2026 | Ofsted
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School food funding ‘not sufficient’ says school praised by DfE

The Devon school had to find £16,652 extra to pay for meals lauded in new school food standards

Lydia Chantler-Hicks

23 Apr 2026 | School food
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What does strong parental engagement look like in practice?

Start with leaders at the school gate every afternoon, suggests an award-winning Wolverhampton primary

Lydia Chantler-Hicks

23 Apr 2026 | Solutions
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Trainee teacher need to drop by 23% next year, DfE forecasts

The government says falling pupil rolls and better teacher retention rates are among reasons for the drop

Lydia Chantler-Hicks

23 Apr 2026 | Recruitment and retention
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Teachers’ pensions delays ‘unacceptable’, says minister

Georgia Gould insists government is 'putting more resources in to support it' as tens of thousands face ...

Lydia Chantler-Hicks

16 Apr 2026 | Pay and conditions