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
Thursday
27th Nov 2025
Budget: Why keep us waiting for SEND and inclusion funding?
This week’s Budget shows some positive intent – but delaying SEND funding changes until 2028 fails to address the difficulties inclusive schools are facing right now, says Vic Goddard
IB chief on Russia, curriculum reforms and ‘that’ UK funding cut
91¶¶Òõ chats to International Baccalaureate director-general Olli-Pekka Heinonen during a stop in London as he tries to convince the government to reinstate IB state school funding
Wednesday
26th Nov 2025
Budget 2025 falls short for schools - despite some positives
A co-chair of the Headteachers’ Roundtable considers chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Budget announcement today and what it will mean for the schools sector
NEU weighs up strike action over ‘continued school underfunding’
England’s biggest education union warns it ‘will not accept another pay cut’ in response to today’s Budget
Budget 2025: what schools need to know
Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Budget sparks warnings about a real-terms drop in school funding but includes spending on school libraries and books. Here are all the key details for the sector
Tuesday
25th Nov 2025
Debt-hit council urges action on SEND reform
Council leader writes to Bridget Phillipson on eve of the Budget, warning financial crisis is forcing local authorities into ‘impossible decisions’
Will more state schools set up lucrative overseas campuses?
With one state grammar announcing plans to open schools in Dubai and India, what are the implications for the state sector? ‘Don’t expect Grange Hill Singapore any time soon,’ one leader tells Emma Seith
Thursday
20th Nov 2025
Two-thirds of teachers support children in poverty every month
Teachers cite pupils attending school without breakfast, sleeping on sofas and not having basic equipment as examples of where they needed to step in
Government funds research to spot SEND needs earlier by 2028
Science minister Lord Vallance says £4 million research programme aims to support faster intervention
Wednesday
19th Nov 2025
Breakfast clubs funding rises after schools raise concerns
The Department for Education says it has boosted funding for free school breakfast clubs by 28 per cent, after leaders warned the money was falling far short
School funding to fall by up to 4% in real terms, expert warns
Government’s headline rise to minimum per-pupil funding largely reflects grants being rolled into the NFF, leaving schools facing real-terms cuts, says Simon Oxenham
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