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

28th Aug 2025

Free meals and activities for poorer pupils in the holidays extended
The future of the government’s Holiday Activities and Food Programme had been uncertain but funding has now been guaranteed for another three years
Child drinking at table

Wednesday

27th Aug 2025

DfE property firm secures extension amid quango cull
LocatED received £9 million of government funding last year and paid its CEO up to £285,000, its latest accounts reveal
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Friday

22nd Aug 2025

Early years needs funding to cope with free childcare expansion
The rollout of 30 hours of funded childcare for nine-month-olds is welcome news for parents, but providers need financial help to meet rising demand
Why early years providers need more government funding

Monday

18th Aug 2025

10 years of the Scottish Attainment Challenge: has it been a success?
Today marks exactly a decade since Nicola Sturgeon’s landmark speech on Scottish education – Emma Seith looks at the legacy of a career-defining promise by the former first minister
Nicola Sturgeon

Thursday

7th Aug 2025

My Week As...CEO of Kent Catholic Schools’ Partnership
In our ‘My Week As’ series, a senior sector leader reveals what a typical week looks like in their role. Here, we talk to chief executive officer Annemarie Whittle
Annemarie Whittle in a circle on background of pen and paper

Monday

4th Aug 2025

Is it getting too hot for summer exams?
With extreme weather officially the new norm, 91¶¶Òõ explores calls to move GCSEs and A levels to a cooler time of year
Student drinking water on hot sunny day

Thursday

31st Jul 2025

SEND firm profits of £100m spark call for action
Liberal Democrats urge government to cap the ‘exorbitant’ profits of private companies providing SEND education
Money bursting
Bring back teacher relocation pay to boost languages, DfE told
Reinstating payments for languages teachers who move here from overseas would help to halt a ‘catastrophic’ decline in pupils studying languages, says report
Paying with Pounds sterling

Wednesday

30th Jul 2025

£1K payments for new early years staff in shortage areas
Government announces welcome payments to boost recruitment alongside a campaign to attract more men into the early years workforce
Small child counting money
Why teacher bonuses for all schools is a tricky proposition
The government’s request for the teacher pay review body to consider giving all schools the power to award bonuses is more complicated than you may think, as Dan Worth discovers
Should all schools have the power to award teacher bonuses?

Thursday

24th Jul 2025

‘Unacceptable’ DfE response to PE premium reporting issues
The government comes under fire after primary heads warn they have suffered technical problems in trying to report their PE and sport premium spending by the July deadline
The DfE has been criticised after headteachers faced technical problems trying to report their PE premium spending

Tuesday

22nd Jul 2025

Entrepreneurial education fund worth over £1m opens for bids
But applications for the fund close on 20 August – the day some Scottish schools reopen to pupils after the summer break
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