School funding

School budget ‘chaos’ after DfE’s £370m funding gaffe

Top boss apologises and education secretary orders investigation after error leaves many schools with tens of thousands of pounds...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

Ofsted boss: ‘Grumpier’ post-Covid world driving parent complaint hike

Amanda Spielman warns parents now 'spray' complaints at multiple agencies at once

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

School ‘dentistry duty’ gets the brush-off from leaders’ union

Labour’s pledges 'supervised toothbrushing' for reception pupils

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Council faces legal challenge over falling rolls closure plan

Head questions 'protection' of academies and free schools in council's school closures plan

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Tutoring

Two in five trusts shun tutoring as finances worsen

Just 46% of CEOs are confident about the financial sustainability of their trusts, down from 77% last year

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
School funding

Rising costs risk pledge to restore school funding to 2010 levels

IFS predicts school purchasing power will actually be 3% lower than in 2010 by next year

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Sunak to replace A-levels with ‘Advanced British standard’

PM wants to merge A-levels and T-levels into new single qualification for sixth formers to study five subjects including...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Ofsted has gone from ‘critical friend to just critic’ says children’s tsar

Dame Rachel de Souza likens incoming chief inspector to a 'new Pope', who can 'fix what went wrong'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

School mobile phone ‘ban’ won’t be statutory

But Gillian Keegan warned government will consider introducing new law if schools don't follow advice

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker