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

Tuesday

8th Apr 2025

State-private school partnerships ‘can struggle to reach pupils’
Research into the impact of partnerships between state and private schools recommends outreach activities to get children and families engaged
A new report has found that private and state school partnerships can sometimes struggle to reach the students who would most benefit.

Friday

4th Apr 2025

Pupil numbers: the regional forecasts schools need to know
Over the next few years, national pupil numbers are expected to continue to decline. But new DfE data shows not every region or phase will follow that trend, finds Ellen Peirson-Hagger
Pupil numbers: the regional forecasts schools need to know

Thursday

3rd Apr 2025

Why the end of the early years training programme is ‘troubling’
Labour’s decision not to renew funding for the Early Years Professional Development Programme will have a huge impact on children’s development, warns Jane Harris
Young children reading with a teacher

Wednesday

2nd Apr 2025

Funding for school-based nurseries doubles
The DfE announces more funding for schools to open nurseries – but sector leaders voice doubts about finding enough staff
School nursery
DfE must recognise funding issues to tackle behaviour, says NASUWT
Union says funding is key to improving school safety and warns teachers need ‘the backing of ministers when it comes to dealing with violent and disruptive behaviour’
School funding is key to improving behaviour, says NASUWT union

Friday

28th Mar 2025

Fears of further redundancies as school funding storm brews
Edapt has already recorded double the number of redundancy and restructuring cases in the past three months than in the whole of 2024, with concerns of more on the horizon
Funding crisis School gates locked
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Thursday

27th Mar 2025

SEND: 10,000 new places in mainstream and special schools
DfE warns that special schools are 8,000 students over capacity and highlights that fewer than one in 10 mainstream schools have specialist provision
SEND: 10,000 new places in mainstream and special schools

Wednesday

26th Mar 2025

Spring Statement: Teacher pay rise should top 3.7%, says NFER
NFER’s Jack Worth said the DfE’s pay rise recommendation of 2.8% is now “unimaginable” in the light of new forecasts on average earnings growth
Rachel Reeves pay

Tuesday

25th Mar 2025

‘Interrupted learning’ pupil support more than doubles post-Covid
Today’s figures also show that classroom teachers in Scottish schools now support over five times more pupils with ASN than in 2019
Holding hand to support

Monday

24th Mar 2025

Legal action for teachers over pension valuation delay
Law firm launches action on behalf of NASUWT members, warning that some teachers have been left waiting for months for pension valuations
A legal claim is being pursued over delays to valuations of teacher pension pots.
Government pushes back on free school meals cuts claims
Chancellor Rachel Reeves says she does not ‘recognise’ reports claiming that ministers are considering ending universal infant free school meals
Rachel Reeves free school meals

Friday

21st Mar 2025

SEND plans will fail to stop private school costs from soaring, DfE warned
Warning comes as 91 analysis reveals the local authority areas where spending has jumped by up to 477% over the past four years
SEND plans will fail to stop private school costs from soaring, DfE warned
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