Paul Whiteman

More than a hundred thousand more children should be eligible for Free School Meals, new research reveals. Children from families who get the Universal Credit benefit are eligible for a free meal at school - but only if their household…

Ministers are posing a “danger” to school leaders’ lives by refusing to scrap single-word judgements from Ofsted inspections, the headteachers union said yesterday.The National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) passed an emergency motion…

A lack of funding for children with special educational needs in schools has led to a "full-blown crisis", a union has warned. Nearly all school leaders (99%) believe the funding they receive for pupils with special education needs and…

Headteachers have been left with a "far harder" job running schools due to Tory failings, a senior union leader will say today.TUC General Secretary Paul Nowak will accuse the Government of presiding over more than a decade of real terms…

Some 600 extra faculties may nonetheless have crumbling concrete ceilings and never comprehend it but, paperwork seen by the Mirror reveal.And officers have privately accepted it's prone to take “a number of years” to resolve the RAAC…

Schools could be hit by coordinated strikes by heads and teaching staff in the autumn as unions vow to join forces.Leaders of the four major teaching unions met today to discuss joining forces in the dispute over the Government's "derisory"…

Parents whose children play truant should have their benefits docked, Michael Gove has suggested. The Tory Cabinet minister said the government could revive plans to penalise families in a drive to improve school attendance. But teaching…

Almost one in six headteachers quit their jobs and leave the state schools system after just five years, shocking figures show. Teaching unions last night warned the government’s failure to pay staff properly was fuelling an exodus from…