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
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

Falling pupil numbers require an urgent policy response

The Department for Education have just published their latest pupil projections for the next decade. These predict that there...

JL Dutaut
Jenna Julius
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
School funding

‘Fair funding’ promised by 2027, and 8 more school cash changes

Another DfE consultation on the national funding formula outlines raft of new proposals

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker