Funding

Government accused of ‘flying in the dark’ over the impact of its planned changes to eligibility for free school meals

Schools in disadvantaged areas have been hit harder by the difficulties in recruiting languages teachers, according to British Council report

The DfE sets out how local authorities are allocating funding for next year through the National Funding Formula

Financial incentives aimed at keeping teachers in the job have less impact than previously thought, according to NFER research

An update to the Academy Trust Handbook says trust boards must document their approach to executive pay

Announcing a ‘phased transition process’ to reform the SEND system, the government will extend the mechanism that allows councils to keep their high-needs spending deficits off their books

School and college maintenance funding will reach £2.9 billion by 2034-35, the government says today in its new infrastructure strategy

But four in five schools in Scotland have improved their grounds over the past three years, according to a report from Learning through Landscapes

Poll reveals 1 in 6 school toilets rated unclean, amid calls for government to prioritise funding to improve ‘disgusting’ lavatories as part of school estate upgrades

A MAT CEO says improvements to free school meal access are welcome but internal work at his trust shows there is a lot more to do to make the system benefit more families – and schools

Price rises for GCSE and A-level exam entries have been branded ‘completely unacceptable’ by sector leaders

Schools could see real-terms falls in actual budgets as pupil numbers fall and more is spent on SEND