School funding

£760m SEND reforms cash to come from schools budget rise

Funding expert warns schools 'next few years are going to feel very tight' as leaders say settlement 'well short...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
School funding

Spending review 2025: What’s in it for schools?

School funding and capital cash rise (a bit), Ofsted budget boost, school library scheme and a schools white paper

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
School funding

School funding to rise by around 1% per pupil each year

£4.7bn cash increase will result in average real-terms per-pupil funding growth of 0.9 per cent per year

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
School funding

Harris blames ‘unfunded’ pay rises as it plans redundancies

But NASUWT teaching union accuses academy trust of 'disgraceful behaviour'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
School funding

Labour warned over ‘ruinous’ £800m budget shortfall if pay rises unfunded

School funding takes centre stage at education questions as Conservative MPs say ‘heads stressed beyond belief’ over budgets 

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
School funding

Councils take up to 9% of school budgets for core services

Findings challenge claims trusts charge their schools more for services away from classrooms

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
School funding

Teacher union reports ‘surge’ in concerns about redundancies

NASUWT leader says he raised 'serious concerns' with government about funding in December

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
School funding

Schools warn of staff cuts as Reeves snubs sector

Leaders face having to make redundancies, curriculum squeezes and cuts to programmes supporting the poorest pupils

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
School funding

Cost-cutters’ savings ‘won’t compensate’ for inadequate funding

DfE advisers identified £400m of potential cuts last year, but although schools cut more, they could still only implement...

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson