Funding

Schools’ repair bill ‘much higher’ than £13.8bn estimate

High-ranking Whitehall official warns cost to fix crumbling estate 'almost certain' to be more than thought

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Jack Dyson
School funding

Schools warn of staff cuts as Reeves snubs sector

Leaders face having to make redundancies, curriculum squeezes and cuts to programmes supporting the poorest pupils

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Jack Dyson
School funding

Cost-cutters’ savings ‘won’t compensate’ for inadequate funding

DfE advisers identified £400m of potential cuts last year, but although schools cut more, they could still only implement...

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News

Investment areas scheme binned by Labour

Tory levelling-up programme to get more cash into left-behind areas canned

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Jack Dyson
Pensions

‘Unacceptable’ pension valuation waits spark legal battle

Divorced teachers 'left in limbo' as they endure months-long waits for vital TPS documents

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Academies

Academy trust will press on with pension change despite government ‘threats’

England's biggest MAT to go ahead with controversial plan to offer less generous pensions in return for higher salaries

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Jack Dyson
Academies

Council attempt to cut academies’ intake ‘absurd’, says MAT boss

CEO fears Labour reforms will give authorities hit by falling rolls more teeth to squeeze academy intakes

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News

200 schools to get solar panels in £80m green project

Rollout to be completed in 12 months as government predicts savings of £25k per school

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Jack Dyson
Levelling up

Priority education areas no longer a priority

Priority education investment areas scheme due to end

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Jack Dyson