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

6th Mar 2025

Free school meals: the case for auto-enrolment
The author of a major new study into auto-enrolment for free school meals and the associated benefits it unlocks outlines the key findings – and what issues would still remain
School child receiving breakfast

Tuesday

25th Feb 2025

SEND: £740m funding won’t tackle main challenges, MPs told
The Commons Education Committee held a session today on special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Here are six things MPs were told
SEND: £740m funding won’t tackle main challenges, MPs told
Special schools employ more teachers without QTS
Special schools face worse teacher shortages, particularly in alternative provision, research shows
Special schools employ more teachers without QTS, research shows

Friday

21st Feb 2025

‘Clear line’ needed between school subjects and jobs, says Scottish Labour
Labour also promises to make Pupil Equity Fund money a ‘permanent’ feature in Scottish schools and to help headteachers make longer-term staffing plans
Swimmers in lanes

Wednesday

19th Feb 2025

Procurement Act: what it is and how it will impact schools and trusts
What schools and academy trusts need to know from new legislation that will affect procurement processes from next week
Procurement Act: What it is and how it will impct schools and trusts

Tuesday

18th Feb 2025

Enrichment activities key to boosting attendance, think tank says
Report calls for government to introduce an ‘enrichment guarantee’ of at least 80 hours of extracurricular activities per year
Enrichment activities key to boosting attendance, think-tank says

Monday

17th Feb 2025

DfE warned about ‘negative’ impact of Oak National Academy
The British Educational Suppliers Association raises concerns with a DfE review about the creation of Oak National Academy as a government resources quango
Red flag warning on beach

Friday

14th Feb 2025

Cut teaching jobs to save Scotland £500m, says IFS
But teaching union warns that cutting teacher numbers would be a ‘false economy’ that would ‘damage life chances’
Cut teaching jobs to save Scotland £500m by 2040, advises IFS report

Thursday

13th Feb 2025

Scotland’s biggest council backs down over planned teacher cuts
A strike planned for next week has been suspended as Glasgow says future cuts to teaching posts will not go ahead and that it will increase teacher numbers
Yield sign in woods

Wednesday

12th Feb 2025

Holiday activities and food programme funding extended
However, further funding will be decided in the upcoming Spending Review, education minister Stephen Morgan has confirmed
Little girl on rope ladder

Tuesday

11th Feb 2025

Oak causing ‘significant market damage’, chancellor warned
Publishers Association warns that Oak National Academy is negatively impacting edtech growth, in a letter to Rachel Reeves seen by 91¶¶Òõ
Wheels coming off
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Friday

7th Feb 2025

EIS reveals first day of teacher strike action in Glasgow
Most schools in Scotland’s biggest local authority expected to close when teachers and other education professionals take strike action later this month
EIS reveals first day of teacher strike action in Glasgow