School funding

Deprived schools have faced double the budget cuts, study warns

Extra funding for disadvantaged pupils has shrunk over the last decade

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
School funding

Trusts with large reserves must prove they have plans to spend them

Government clarifies its approach to those sitting on large levels of reserves after crackdown calls from spending watchdog

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
School funding

Funding mistake won’t rip up DfE staff reward voucher scheme

Department says it would be 'unfair to penalise junior staff' for funding gaffe

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
School funding

Hardship funding barely dents school deficits

Analysis of hardship funding shows that the allocation for one county was less than the deficit of just one...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
School funding

£40m ‘hardship fund’: Council schools in just 35 areas to get help

Government also confirms the cash to help schools afford teacher pay rise will be for one year only

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
School funding

Gibb: Restoring £370m funding gaffe cash would be ‘irresponsible’

Labour said the error was 'part of a much bigger pattern of Conservative mismanagement'

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
School funding

Prominent accountant to review £370m school funding gaffe

Peter Wyman to lead review of DfE quality assurance process for the national funding formula for schools

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
School funding

Gibb dismisses union calls for £370m funding gaffe cash

Minister claims schools still getting 'record' funding despite error that means budgets for 2024-25 will be smaller than expected

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
School funding

School funding: Unions want £370m back as heads cut ‘nice-to-haves’

'Hope has disappeared because somebody made a mistake'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker and Amy Walker