Features

Profile: Chris Zarraga, director of Schools North East

Every August, school leaders in the north of England brace themselves for the inevitable – yet misguided – comparisons....

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Freddie Whittaker
News

King’s birthday honours 2025: Top gongs for northern trust CEOs

70 people with links to England's school system recognised

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Freddie Whittaker
SEND

‘An accident waiting to happen’: Schools forced to provide medical care for vulnerable pupils

Situation so bad one trust may be forced to take legal action against its local health board

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Chaminda Jayanetti
School funding

£760m SEND reforms cash to come from schools budget rise

Funding expert warns schools 'next few years are going to feel very tight' as leaders say settlement 'well short...

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Freddie Whittaker
Free school meals

DfE faces renewed calls for free school meals auto-enrolment

Report warns of a 'postcode lottery' of take-up, with some vulnerable families struggling with the sign-up process

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Jessie Williams
School funding

Spending review 2025: What’s in it for schools?

School funding and capital cash rise (a bit), Ofsted budget boost, school library scheme and a schools white paper

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Freddie Whittaker
School funding

School funding to rise by around 1% per pupil each year

£4.7bn cash increase will result in average real-terms per-pupil funding growth of 0.9 per cent per year

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Freddie Whittaker
News

Free school meals extension: What schools need to know

Schools told to keep eligibility under 'continued review' from 2026, but to avoid 'sudden loss' of entitlement mid-year

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Freddie Whittaker
Admissions

Popular schools should prioritise places for poorer pupils, says charity

Teach First calls for pilot that boosts pupil premium funding to motivate schools to be more inclusive

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Jessie Williams