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

Wednesday

18th Sep 2024

Sendco NPQ funding shortfall another SEND policy mess
Margaret Mulholland laments the fact that despite promises of fully-funded training for the new Sendco qualification, a lack of cash means schools are scrambling for places
Unfinished flyover bridge

Friday

13th Sep 2024

Governors told no money for national recruitment drive
Without a new campaign, schools and trusts risk losing out on the ‘valuable expertise and leadership’ needed, warns National Governance Association
The National Governance Association has been told no money available for a new recruitment campaign.
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Wednesday

11th Sep 2024

Education and Skills Funding Agency to be scrapped
School leaders warn that ‘shifting the deckchairs’ will not solve the problem of school funding being ‘totally inadequate’
scrapped tractor
Labour’s early years review findings revealed
Unpublished review by Sir David Bell, commissioned by Labour while in opposition, calls for more funding to deliver the party’s school-based nursery plan
Early years
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Tuesday

10th Sep 2024

UK spends less on early education than most OECD nations
The OECD’s latest Education at a Glance study, launched in London today, also highlights the stark differences in attainment between regions in England
UK spends less on early education than most OECD nations

Thursday

5th Sep 2024

Scottish free meals pledge ditched for upper primary pupils
Pupils in the first five years of primary in Scotland receive free meals but the government has confirmed that the policy will not be delivered in P6-7
Free school meals will not be extended to all primary pupils in Scotland by 2026

Wednesday

4th Sep 2024

Exams to be removed from some practical subjects in next school year
Scottish programme for government states that the exams will no longer feature in 2025-26, as part of national qualifications reform
Exams to be removed from some practical subjects in next school year

Tuesday

3rd Sep 2024

School mental health teams’ impact outweighs costs, say experts
London School of Economics researchers say there is ‘urgency’ in rolling out school mental health support teams across the country
School mental health teams’ impact outweigh costs, say experts

Wednesday

28th Aug 2024

Scottish secondary teacher shortages laid bare
The gulf between the number of secondary probationers councils requested and the number they actually ended up with this new school year has been revealed by an exclusive Tes Scotland investigation
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Tuesday

20th Aug 2024

Leadership lessons from £60 million new school blunder
The ongoing fallout after a Scottish local authority badly underestimated future demand for places in a new primary school was set out today in an Accounts Commission report
£60 million new school blunder

Monday

29th Jul 2024

Teachers to get 5.5% pay rise
The government has accepted the independent pay body’s recommendations on teacher pay for 2024-25
Pay rise
Academy funding: 7 findings from ESFA annual report
Nearly 50 allegations of fraud were made against academy trusts in the past year, report reveals
Money mousetrap