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Roll-out of ‘hard’ national funding formula delayed … again

The roll-out of a “hard” national funding formula has been delayed for at least another year – meaning schools…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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‘Badly targeted’ £80 per-pupil catch-up cash ‘unlikely’ to stop learning gap widening

The government’s £650m catch-up cash is “badly targeted” and “unlikely to prevent a widening” of the learning gap between…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Minimum secondary school per-pupil funding to rise to £5,150

Secondary schools will receive at least £5,150 for each pupil from 2021, the government has announced. Ministers have set…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Independent review to probe ed tech sector’s response to Covid-19

An independent review is being launched to investigate the response of the education technology sector to the coronavirus pandemic,…

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
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Concerns over school meals as two major caterers announce redundancies

Fears about the capacity of school catering teams to provide meals from September have been raised after two of…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Reassure parents about safety of schools if you want them to return to work, heads tell PM

The government must reassure parents it is safe for their children to return to school if it wants people…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


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Claudia Harris to step down as Careers and Enterprise Company CEO

The chief executive of the Careers and Enterprise Company is to step down to run a firm that supports…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Leicester schools can host summer clubs after relaxation of rules, DfE confirms

Schools in Leicester can reopen for summer activities from July 24, the Department for Education has confirmed. Health secretary…

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
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Ministers announce opportunity areas ‘twinning’ project to help address impact of Covid-19

The government’s 12 social mobility opportunity areas will be “twinned” with places facing similar challenges in an effort to…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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DfE paid £490k to rebroker three failing Steiner schools

The government paid out almost half a million pounds in grant funding to rebroker three failing Steiner schools, new…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Pupil numbers set to fall 5.2% over the next decade, DfE predicts

The number of pupils in state-funded schools is expected to drop by 5.2 per cent over the next decade,…

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
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Ofsted confirms shake-up of redress system – but will give schools longer to complain

Ofsted has confirmed it will proceed with a shake-up of the redress system for inspections, but will give schools…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker