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
School funding: Unions want £370m back as heads cut ‘nice-to-haves’ ‘Hope has disappeared because somebody made a mistake’
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
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
One in ten cash-strapped councils under government monitoring FOI reveals 17 councils have so far been ordered to submit ‘action plans’ to cut deficits to the ESFA this year
Government SEND savings plan will barely dent council deficits ‘It can’t solve financial concerns. And in practice, it’ll just heap more risk downwards’
£2bn school funding boost ‘didn’t go far enough’, admits Keegan Education secretary also wants to ‘streamline’ teacher pay and school budgeting process, admitting current system is ‘not ideal’
School funding: Councils forced to approve more deficits Local authorities report average primary school deficits as high as £280,000
Study reveals full scale of London pupil exodus amid school closures Nearly 50,000 pupils left London’s schools last year, Datalab study shows, as ministers told to ‘get a grip’ amid closures