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
Government withholds SEND bailouts as councils told to fill £269m hole Some DfE bailout payments were delayed as councils failed to hit agreed targets, while all councils are being told to plug deficits ‘now’
Covid wipes almost a third off academies’ fundraising income Charity Parentkind said PTA fundraisers upped their hours last year, but suffered from cancelled events and less lucrative virtual ones
Six in 10 councils face DfE intervention to cut SEND deficits All councils also face new guidance on making spending on pupils with special educational needs and disabilities ‘sustainable’
Infant free school meals funding rate to rise by just 7p Nadhim Zahawi says increase is ‘because we know more can be done in the face of rising costs”‘
‘Fair funding’ promised by 2027, and 8 more school cash changes Another DfE consultation on the national funding formula outlines raft of new proposals
‘Recovery premium’ rolled out for all special school and AP pupils Catch-up cash will increase for mainstream secondaries, rising to £60k on average, but rates frozen for most primaries