News

DfE paid £490k to rebroker three failing Steiner schools

The government paid out almost half a million pounds in grant funding to rebroker three failing Steiner schools, new...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Ten things we learned from Ofsted’s school funding study

Ofsted has finally published its long-awaited research into the impact of funding pressures on schools. The study was not...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

School staff should look after ‘every penny like their own’, says academy trust CEO

School staff should treat “every penny” of funding as if it was their own and apply the same “discipline”...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Head claims DfE’s new funding website doesn’t add up

A leading headteacher has criticised the government’s new school funding website for displaying figures for his school that are...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News, Politics

Unions publish school funding constituency league table to sway voters

A new league table that allows voters to see how their constituency has been affected by real-terms funding cuts...

John Dickens
John Dickens
News

Poorer pupils ‘would miss out under PM’s school funding pledge’

Disadvantaged pupils would miss out on additional money under the prime minister’s pledge to “level up” per-pupil funding for...

Kathryn Snowdon
Kathryn Snowdon
News

Ministers still relying on ‘misleading’ record funding claims

Senior government ministers, including the prime minister, keep peddling the “misleading” line that “more money than ever before” is...

Kathryn Snowdon
Kathryn Snowdon
News

DfE plans new funding ‘centre of excellence’ team

The government is preparing to launch a funding “centre of excellence” that will be led by its first overall...

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
News

Tory peer’s academy trust seeks unpaid workers

An academy trust founded by a Conservative peer is advertising for unpaid volunteers to fill key roles, as plans...

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross