Purdah

The Cost to Schools of Political Purdah

In an exclusive story Schools Week revealed that a “key report from the body which recommends teachers’ pay will not be published until after the EU referendum, despite having been sent to government almost a month ago.”  What a great excuse for a bit of speculation; has the one percent ceiling for teacher pay been breached or is the report damning about teacher supply?  Fat chance of the first; it’s the latter for me. Continue reading →