Funding
The latest news and analysis on funding received by local authority and academy schools in the UK, including government spending, advice on budgeting and more
Tuesday
2nd Jul 2024
Teaching assistant cuts expected in half of deprived schools
Proportion of senior leaders predicting cuts to TA spending has risen sharply since last year amid budget struggles, survey finds
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DfE property firm helps sell 1 surplus school site in 5 years
LocatED director previously claimed that schools were sitting on surplus land ‘the size of central London’
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Friday
28th Jun 2024
Unfunded support staff pay rises cannot continue
The next government must recognise that forcing unfunded salary rises for support staff onto schools is not viable and it is hollowing out a vital layer of staff, says Duncan Spalding
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How to build a school with parents at its heart
An Edinburgh school – named as one of the UK’s best primaries – sees a close bond with pupils’ families as crucial and draws on support from dozens of parents, who raise a six-figure sum annually and offer an array of activities
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Tuesday
25th Jun 2024
Councils consider learning hours as leverage in teacher numbers dispute
Scottish councils could offer to protect the time children spend in class in exchange for relaxing the rules on teacher numbers – but is the government interested in compromise?
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IFS: Labour’s breakfast clubs plan risks school ‘mission creep’
The free breakfast clubs pledge is part of a set of measures that could present additional challenges for schools, according to the IFS
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Friday
21st Jun 2024
EIS hustings: ‘What Scottish schools need is more money’
But where will it come from? From VAT on private school fees to calls for independence – here’s what the main political parties had to say
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Trust capacity grants fall £33m short of bids
Leaders say they have to ‘significantly scale back’ growth plans due to widening shortfalls in capacity funding allocations as revealed by Tes
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