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13 June 2026

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Lydia Chantler-Hicks

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We need more money if you want us to change school food, say caterers

But the government says switching to more fruit, vegetables and fibre won’t cost more

Lydia Chantler-Hicks

16 Apr 2026 | School food
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Secondary teacher job adverts hit a historic low as market ‘contracts’

Vacancies drop by a third in one year as staffing problems are driven 'underground'

Lydia Chantler-Hicks

16 Apr 2026 | Recruitment and retention
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Cake out, lentils in: What schools need to know about food standards overhaul

Government is planning an 'ambitious' revamp of school food standards. But what exactly is being proposed?

Lydia Chantler-Hicks

14 Apr 2026 | School food
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‘Stretched’ teacher training providers struggling to provide mentors – survey

More than half of teacher training providers 'stretched' to find mentors, NASBTT survey shows

Lydia Chantler-Hicks

9 Apr 2026 | Teacher training and development
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NASUWT: Pay and pupil violence on agenda as teachers gather in Birmingham

Members of the NASUWT are gathering in Birmingham for the teaching union's annual conference

Lydia Chantler-Hicks

3 Apr 2026 | Schools
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SEND and the far-right on the NEU conference agenda

Around 1,500 NEU members will gather in Brighton from Monday to Thursday

Lydia Chantler-Hicks

30 Mar 2026 | Politics
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Cuts to Prevent staff considered by Kent as funding reduced

Reform-run Kent council tells schools it may lose their Prevent education officer posts

Lydia Chantler-Hicks

27 Mar 2026 | Schools
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Third of parents say they take children on term-time holidays

New Public First report also reveals regional divides in attitudes to absence and behaviour

Lydia Chantler-Hicks

26 Mar 2026 | Schools
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Not Tata yet – pension scheme handover delayed again

IT giant now due to take on the contract from Capita this October - a year later than planned

Lydia Chantler-Hicks

20 Mar 2026 | Pay and conditions
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NEU: Teachers’ shift to Greens a ‘wake-up call’ to Labour

Daniel Kebede also warns Reform UK would 'make education a real hostile place for children who are LGBT, ...

Lydia Chantler-Hicks

20 Mar 2026 | Politics