Opinion

The curtain rises: September 2023 Editorial

Sector Insights
New year, new cast

A very warm welcome to our bumper September issue marking the start of a new academic year. And perhaps a calmer time of reflection after what has been a bruising period of industrial action. Strikes by teachers ended in July (for England and Wales at least). The NEU and others characterised the new pay offer (6.5%) and £900 million the UK Government found to fund this and protect support staff jobs as a significant ‘win’. It felt that way when the DfE gave further reassurance that SEND funding, maintained nursery and 16–19 provision would not be cut as a result.

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