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
Opinion

Budget 2024: Back to the future on school spending

Per-pupil funding will return to 2010 levels, but pressures on schools mean the future won't look that different from...

Freddie Whittaker
Luke Sibieta
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
Opinion

Budget 2024: Schools must be front of the funding queue

£1.4bn pledged by the chancellor relates to the existing rebuilding programme, which will only reach around 500 schools, warns...

Freddie Whittaker
Paul Whiteman
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
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
SEND

Mainstream could meet SEN needs of ‘tens of thousands’ more pupils

Government report finds 35,000 more pupils could have needs met in mainstream schools if system is improved

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker and Samantha Booth