Nicholas Capstick News Today

The former headteacher of a Swindon school has pleaded guilty to assault and harassment offences

Teaching unions earlier wrote to the Chancellor and Education Secretary asking for an urgent expansion of free school meals.

Inflation, surging food prices and cuts have led to some head teachers having to find savings at their schools.

They said vulnerable children who do not receive free meals are facing a ‘real barrier to learning’.

Teaching unions have called for free school meals to be provided to all children from families receiving Universal Credit in England.

England's former Children's Commissioner backed calls to expand free school meals, but warned that political parties must address the "root cause" of poverty.

The highest-paid have seen bigger pay rises than the rest, with some academy trusts reining in pay even as a government crackdown stalls