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Can schools make any more savings?

With chancellor Hammond’s autumn budget offering schools a one-off payment of £50,000 for “little extras” but no increase in...

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
Opinion

“Little extras”: A failure of presentation, not policy

Philip Hammond could have scored a win today by announcing new capital funding for schools – but he packaged...

Expert Contributor
JONATHAN SIMONS
Opinion

The DfE’s repeated misuse of statistics is embarrassing

The Department for Education needs to start using statistics properly, or much of its evidence will simply be dismissed as...

Expert Contributor
HETAN SHAH
Opinion

What are the routes to opening new VA schools?

To open a new school three things are needed: a proposer, permission, and capital funding, explains Simon Foulkes The...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
News

Which local authorities got flexibility on high needs funding?

In a move allowing certain local authorities greater control over special-needs funding, the education secretary has lavished Conservative-run councils...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
News

Northants council plunders £9m from school improvement fund

A bankrupt county council siphoned off £9 million meant for school improvements in a desperate bid to prop up...

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
News

Arts-focused teacher development fund open for applications

Schools can benefit from up to £150,000 in grant funding to boost arts-based teaching through partnerships with cultural organisations...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
Opinion

16 to 18-year-olds need funding too!

If 16-to-18 participation is “compulsory” then it should be funded at the same level as other compulsory phases, argues...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
News

Revealed: Failing schools that received emergency cash

An emergency government funding pot for schools “in danger of imminent failure” handed out £2.6 million to 29 schools...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg