News

DfE claims it DID review time in school, but won’t commit to publishing findings

Department claims findings informed spending review, but won’t say whether they will be published

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Covid

Learning loss study: ‘Notable’ catch-up at primary, but poorer pupils much further behind

Study finds disadvantaged secondary pupils were still 1.6 months further behind their peers this summer

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Covid

Zahawi urges older pupils to test before school return as Covid rates rise again

ONS estimates around 1 in 11 secondary pupils tested positive in week before half term

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Model history curriculum will help schools teach about ‘migration and cultural change’ – Walker

Schools minister says diversity will be an ‘important aspect of the model history curriculum’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
School funding

Councils set to raid school budgets as £50m improvement grant faces axe

The DfE said axing improvement funds and letting councils top-slice school budgets instead meant a ‘smoother transition’ to full…

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Schools

Schools face up to £80m hike in energy costs, Labour warns

Party warns fuel price rises could see school spending rocket to £740m

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


Catch-up

Spending review: Ex-recovery tsar blasts ‘meagre’ £1.8m catch-up cash

Sir Kevan Collins says catch-up funding ‘incredible disappointing’

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Spending review 2021

Budget and spending review 2021: What schools need to know

Treasury documents set out spending plans for next three years

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Spending review 2021

Spending review 2021: £4.7bn extra school funding and £1.8bn more catch-up

The chancellor has delivered his budget speech in Parliament

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Spending review 2021

Spending review: What schools can expect as pay freeze lifted

School leaders welcome end of pay freeze and new SEND funding, but fear no extra cash for wage rises…

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
News

Oak co-founder appointed DfE policy adviser

The Astrea trust regional director joins the department on secondment

John Dickens
John Dickens
Sponsored post

Education forward: tending to the digital shoots of lockdown learning

“In technology terms we have probably leapt forward further in five weeks than we would have achieved without the…

RM Vantage
RM Vantage