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All councils also face new guidance on making spending on pupils with special educational needs and disabilities 'sustainable'
Nadhim Zahawi says increase is 'because we know more can be done in the face of rising costs"'
Another DfE consultation on the national funding formula outlines raft of new proposals
Catch-up cash will increase for mainstream secondaries, rising to £60k on average, but rates frozen for most primaries
The DfE will 'test the concept' of local authority multi-academy trusts, inviting councils to join a small trial
Experts say budget cuts mean school savings are 'unsurprising'
Ministers have repeatedly missed past targets, but slashed trainee bursaries during a short-lived Covid boom
The average academy trust saw their reserves jump 29%, boosted by unlikely Covid windfalls
Despite pandemic surge in free school meals rates, grammars given expansion cash have fallen further behind
