The salary for Sir Daniel Moynihan, the Harris Academy chain’s chief executive, has reached £395,000-£400,000 after a recent salary rise, according to reports from the Guardian.
The E-Act academy trust chain has been criticised by Ofsted as ‘not good enough’, specifically regarding its lack of progress in enabling pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds.
The Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) has criticised careers education in schools, claiming that a lack of funding has resulted in a ‘fragmented’ careers advice system.
Schools lack the resources to provide adequate support to students suffering from mental issues, the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) has warned.
Northern Ireland’s largest teaching union the National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT) has rejected the latest offer of a one per cent rise in teacher pay, arguing that any increase should be above the rate of inflation.
66 per cent of children who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transexual (LGBT) who also have a disability or special education needs (SEN) have experienced bullying, according to the Anti-Bullying Alliance (ABA).
More than four in 10 teachers and school support staff (43 per cent) have dealt with physical violence from pupils over the past year, according to a survey from the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL).
The National Union of Students (NUS) has warned that thousands of students could be squeezed out of further education if plans for college closures and mergers go ahead.
Welsh schools are showing signs of improvement but still face wide variation in teaching quality across the country, according to the new chief schools inspector in Wales.
The government claims secularist groups will be prevented from submitting ‘vexatious complaints’ against the admissions systems of individual faith schools and will only allow local parents to pursue such objections.
