School funding

Heads fearing ‘bankruptcy’ should use cost-cutters, says DfE

Department funding chief says 'we recognise every year there are some schools which face real financial challenges'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
School funding

Could GAG pooling undermine the national funding formula?

Pooling school budgets at MAT level doesn’t completely undo the fairer distribution of the NFF, writes Jon Andrews, but...

JL Dutaut
Jon Andrews
School funding

Lower-rated schools to get falling roll cash, but not for 18 months

DfE to proceed with a suite of amendments to its national funding formula

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
School funding

More heads cut school trips amid funding crisis

Sutton Trust research finds steep rises in schools cutting back on teaching assistants and IT equipment

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
School funding

Autumn statement school funding boost: What you need to know

Just how generous is the funding boost? And what about support with energy costs? Everything you need to know...

John Dickens
John Dickens
School funding

Autumn statement: £2.3bn extra for schools

Rise equates to an average £1,000 more for every pupil by 2025 and will restore real-terms funding to 2010...

John Dickens
John Dickens
School funding

Most schools to cut staff, axe repairs and up class sizes over funding crisis

Heads reveal 'catastrophic' and 'devastating' reality of rising costs

John Dickens
John Dickens
School funding

What the future of school funding looks like under Liz Truss

Despite today's humiliating U-turn, there's still a huge funding black-hole - and public sector spending looks set to take...

John Dickens
John Dickens
School funding

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"'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker