MAT leaders, early years inquiry and a tes news review of the year

Hello and welcome back to the tes news podcast. On today's episode Mary-Louise Clews, Callum Mason and John Roberts review the stories that have dominated the news agenda in 2022 from the schools funding crisis to the rise and fall of the Schools Bill and the ongoing battle to support education recovery from Covid. And Dan Worth is joined by Helen Amass to discuss why staffing is the real barrier to a fully MAT-led system and the new parliamentary inquiry into early years education. All articles discussed today are available on tes.com/magazine Why ideology is not the real barrier to a fully MAT led system Inquiry launched into early years The DfE’s original White Paper plansSchools Bill is axed, Keegan confirmsOnly 44% of schools used tutors in SeptemberDfE could ‘hit NTP target but miss the point’Schools to get £4.6bn extra after warning of funding crisis