School funding

£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'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
School funding

School funding: Councils forced to approve more deficits

Local authorities report average primary school deficits as high as £280,000

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

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...

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
School funding

DfE delays report to ‘hide evidence’ of funding woes

Letter sent to MPs on teacher strike day in April reveals requested evidence has been pushed back to September

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
School funding

Lower-rated schools to get falling roll cash, but not for 18 months

DfE to proceed with a suite of amendments to its national funding formula

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
School funding

More heads cut school trips amid funding crisis

Sutton Trust research finds steep rises in schools cutting back on teaching assistants and IT equipment

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools

School funding headroom? There isn’t any, trusts warn

Claim of room in school budgets for pay rises and energy bill rises 'does not resonate' with those on...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Teacher strikes

Teacher pay strike savings to fund iPads and energy bills

Schools and trusts plan to reinvest £128m windfall from salary deductions in their workforce

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Support staff could strike as unions plan ballots over pay deal

Unison and GMB are urging members to reject employers' 'final' pay offer, threatening walkouts in maintained schools and academies

Tom Belger
Tom Belger