Monday
Heads hit back at ‘surreal’ DfE plan to get more cash
Education secretary reportedly believes schools ‘stretching resources to the limit’ would help to attract more funding
More cash to help teachers with training hit by Covid
State schools to receive up to £1,500 per newly qualified teacher to compensate for disruption to their training during the pandemic
Thursday
Revealed: The extent of the pupil premium ‘stealth cut’
With 100,000 pupils becoming eligible for FSM in the autumn term, pupil premium policy change could cost schools £124m
Pandemic sees 21% rise in pupils on free school meals
News of 300K extra children eligible for FSM between January 2020 and 2021 likely to fuel criticism of DfE over pupil premium ‘stealth cut’
Wednesday
Exam cancellations save millions for second year
But while the government has slashed funding to SQA, fees paid by schools and councils remain unchanged
Revealed: What new £25m DfE tutor plan will deliver
Most tutoring under DfE’s flagship NTP will be provided on a 1:3 basis to provide both ‘value for money’ and ‘high impacts’
Tuesday
Sunak urged to explain ‘shameful’ catch-up plan ‘block’
Pupils denied necessary catch-up support would be ‘a generation betrayed’, shadow minister says
GCSEs 2021: Most headteachers want 75% exam fee rebate
Heads call for itemised list of exam board costs in wake of GCSE and A-level cancellation
Wednesday
Gibb: ‘We’ve done all possible to protect education’
Schools minister tells MPs that more cash will follow £1.4bn catch-up funding package announced last week
Legal victory hands schools more pupil premium cash
More money now available for children with ‘no recourse to public funds’ who were granted free school meals during Covid crisis
Why broken funding promises hurt schools
Every time the government makes empty funding promises, parents end up expecting more from schools, says Michael Tidd
