Devon council appoints academy chiefs to run education services Experts say academisation is increasingly hollowing out council expertise in education
Energy support delays could prove costly as schools in limbo Leaders ‘totally in the dark’ more than a week after Truss’s vague pledge
Hardship charities for school staff swamped by demand Aid groups report rising demand for help covering essentials, as the cost-of-living squeeze hits current and former education staff
‘Apocalyptic’: 500 per cent energy price hikes plunge schools into winter crisis Skyrocketing prices force school leaders into ‘unpalatable’ choices to keep classrooms open this winter
ESFA ‘sorry’ as academy trust handbook issued days before taking effect With a caretaker government in power, the 2022 academy handbook includes only limited changes
Government promise to end 15-year school cash squeeze ‘won’t be met’ The IFS think tank says per-pupil funding will actually be 3 per cent lower in real terms by 2024-25
Councils offer school support staff pay rise worth almost £2,000 each It leaves schools facing another unfunded cost increase that will further stretch budgets
School per-pupil funding to rise by only 1.9 per cent next year Government confirms rise which falls well short of the current rate of inflation
Half of schools will miss out on rebuilds – as only 61 more handed cash More than 1,100 schools applied for Boris Johnson’s school rebuilding programme, but numbers are capped at 500