School funding

Election delays universal free school meals funding decision

Schools will receive first payments for 2024-25 based on this year's funding rate

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Election 2024

Labour £450m pledge could net 7,000 teachers – but not all new

Analysis finds combination of higher pay and bursaries and new early-career payments could help bridge supply gap - but...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
School buildings

Unspent buildings cash worth £36k to each school, claim unions

'Only sensible option' is to give unspent cash to schools, say leaders

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Election 2024

Video: School leaders and policy experts react to party manifestos

Schools Week convened a panel of experts from across the sector to respond to parties' pledges

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Honours

Trust chair knighted and ex-Ofqual chief gets CBE in King’s birthday honours

48 people honoured for their work in the schools community in England

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Election 2024

Lib Dems bursary pledge ‘inefficient’ use of ‘scarce resources’

Party has pledged to fund teacher training 'properly so that all trainee posts in school are paid'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Election 2024, Recruitment and retention

Retention tops teachers’ election policy priorities, polling suggests

Access to mental health services, getting more support staff and having 'fewer high-pressure exams' were other top priorities, Teacher...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Election 2024

Labour manifesto ‘missing’ key school spending details – IfS

Party offers 'mostly small' resources for the many pressing 'challenges' facing education, says think tank

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Election 2024

Labour manifesto 2024: All the schools policies

Party wants to 'modernise' curriculum but 'build on' knowledge-rich successes

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker