Politics

Laura Trott appointed shadow education secretary

MP for Sevenoaks and former chief secretary to the Treasury tapped by Kemi Badenoch to lead Conservative education team

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Academies

Revealed: 36 leaders to form CST policy advisory group

New panel will help ‘shape the policy landscape for school trusts across England’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Academies

Academy conversion grant scrapped and ‘no plans’ for further trust capacity fund cash

Academies body says decisions will make it ‘much more difficult’ for trusts to support schools in need and will…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Private school body takes legal action against government on VAT

The Independent Schools Council said the decision ‘has not been taken lightly’ but it is ‘defending the rights of…

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
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Budget 2024

Budget 2024: Most of £1bn SEND injection will plug deficits

Ten things schools need to know after Rachel Reeves delivered her first budget

Freddie Whittaker
Samantha Booth and Freddie Whittaker


Budget 2024

Budget 2024: £2.3bn more for schools, including £1bn for SEND

Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivers first Labour budget in 14 years

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
School buildings

DfE defunds school maintenance projects over ‘irregularities’

Department won’t say how many or which schools are affected

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Revealed: The new education committee membership

11 MPs selected for influential committee that holds the Department for Education to account

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth and Freddie Whittaker
News

Risk ‘positive’ school improvement story ‘masks growing challenges’, says ex-DfE adviser

Sam Freedman says it’s ‘hard to see’ how issues faced by schools can be fixed without investment

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Budget 2024

Budget 2024: £1.4bn for school rebuilding next year

Treasury says existing rebuilding programme cash will be £550m more than last year, but no word yet on school…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

National insurance rise could be a £400m headache for schools

NFER adds its voice to calls for schools to be reimbursed as its analysis finds rise could add ‘significant…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker