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

16-19 base rate to rise by just 2.2% from August 2023

Sixth forms to receive an extra £100 per head in next academic year

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
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

Autumn statement: Savings are possible – with care

Substantial falls in school rolls present Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt with an opportunity to save, writes Luke Sibieta,...

JL Dutaut
Luke Sibieta
School funding

School trusts don’t just need cash, they need certainty too

The impact of recent cost pressures and government uncertainty on MAT finances is laid bare in new Confederation of...

JL Dutaut
Leora Cruddas
School funding

DEEP: How are MATs managing their finances

The Education Policy Institute's DEEP survey is uncovering patterns and differences in the ways multi-academy trusts allocate resources, explains...

JL Dutaut
Bobbie Mills