School funding

Cost-cutters’ savings ‘won’t compensate’ for inadequate funding

DfE advisers identified £400m of potential cuts last year, but although schools cut more, they could still only implement…

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
News

Investment areas scheme binned by Labour

Tory levelling-up programme to get more cash into left-behind areas canned

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
News

Secondary special schools over-capacity by 8,000 pupils, DfE data suggests

Education secretary warns of ‘significant gaps’ in provision for pupils with SEND

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Unfilled primary school places up 6% in a year as falling rolls bite

Secondary school population to peak in 2027-28 and then start to fall, government analysis predicts

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

DfE calls for evidence to aid NPQ review

The DfE is asking for ‘recent, relevant and high-quality research’ as it reviews its suite of NPQs – beginning…

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Attendance

NFER’s 5 ways to cut school absence

‘Schools should consider prioritising encouraging and individualised approaches in addition to punitive sanction’

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks


Ofsted

‘Join the PTA not the pile-on’, Oliver tells complaining parents

Parents should engage with schools ‘in the right way’, says Ofsted chief amid rising abuse of teachers and leaders

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Schools

Union anger as spring statement snubs schools

Reeves mentioned crumbling school roofs, but they won’t get more capital cash next year

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Restore £3.6bn ‘lost’ school capital funding, ASCL tells Treasury

Government ‘must begin making some inroads’ into £13.8bn capital backlog, says union ahead of spring statement

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

Parents ‘seem to support’ new report cards, Oliver claims

Chief inspector to point to YouGov polling of parents as leaders continue to urge him to think again

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Teaching assistants

The EEF’s 5 tips for deploying teaching assistants

Government’s go-to body for showing what works in education updates guidance

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
T-levels

DfE shaves £500m off T-levels spending

Huge cost adjustment caused by low student numbers, DfE claims

Billy Camden
Billy Camden