School funding

Gibb dismisses union calls for £370m funding gaffe cash

Minister claims schools still getting 'record' funding despite error that means budgets for 2024-25 will be smaller than expected

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Schools

Levelling-up education cash just £50 per-pupil, analysis suggests

'If the government is serious about tackling the attainment gap, then schools must be given the resources they require...

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Academies

‘Coasting’ powers putting ‘squeeze’ on voluntary converter help

Regional director says ‘best examples’ of academisation take place when she collaborates with councils to help them visit trusts...

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Transgender guidance

Keegan has not met any LGBT+ groups to discuss trans guidance

Education secretary had said delays to advice would allow more time 'to speak to stakeholders'

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RAAC

Feature: The RAAC school that moved into Georgian wedding venue

14-hour days, classroom tables in gazebos and scout huts: the inside story of dealing with crumbly concrete

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Jack Dyson
Schools

Adjudicator backs council’s objections to trust’s year 7 intake cut

Case is another example of the disconnect between councils and trusts in school admissions system

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Jack Dyson
Schools

Grammar school told to stop demanding tenancy documents 

Rules to crackdown on admissions fraud asked for papers from 'approved letting agent' to 'ensure parents had link to...

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Schools

‘Disastrous’ Birmingham £100m IT system hits school budgets

Schools left in dark about surpluses amid technology issues at cash-strapped local authority

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RAAC

DfE now says ‘reasonable’ RAAC revenue costs WILL be funded

Government updates guidance after original funding snub 'added insult to injury'

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