Funding

Chancellor Rachel Reeves will announce spending plans for 2025-26 this week. Tes breaks down what the announcement could mean for schools

While England has become one of the highest performing countries in literacy and numeracy, we’ve made no progress in closing the attainment gap, writes Sam Freedman

Rising school standards risk masking a growing array of challenges, ‘especially around the lives of the most vulnerable pupils’, warns former DfE adviser

Union leaders warn the announcement falls short of the investment needed to restore the school estate

Schools minister highlights new report suggesting 35,000 more children with SEND could be taught in mainstream rather than specialist settings if system improves

Future ‘seems untenable’ for charity that has offered enterprise education to schools for decades, after loss of Scottish government funding

The government has no solution to a financial crisis that could lead to more than 4 in 10 councils effectively declaring bankruptcy, states National Audit Office

And five more schools have been added to the School Rebuilding Programme

DfE analysis shows Sunderland, the Isles of Scilly and Cumberland need to see the biggest percentage capacity increase by next September as bidding opens for school-based nursery cash

The programme director overseeing the delivery of the government’s new attendance scheme outlines how it will work for those involved – and how it could benefit all in the sector

Findings shared with Tes reveal financial reserves are five times lower at all-primary trusts than those with no primaries

The Department for Education has announced the subjects that will receive bursary and grant funding in the upcoming academic year