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
Academies

Government vetoes more academy deals with linked firms

108 academy trust ‘related party transactions’ were blocked in 2020-21, more than twice the previous year’s figures

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Spending review

Government has ‘maxed out’ on school catch-up cash, says Sunak

Chancellor also questioned the effectiveness of extending school days

John Dickens
John Dickens
Climate change

How schools will join the green revolution

An inside look into how the Department for Education aims for ‘trailblazer on climate education’ status

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
News

Virtual heads powerless as schools ‘pushback’ on looked-after children duty

Councils are ‘failing as a corporate parent’, experts warn

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker