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

Friday

5th Jan 2024

DfE in bid to sign 5 new SEND bailout deals
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, Cheshire East, Wiltshire, Devon and Bracknell Forest are understood to be submitting final proposals to the DfE next week
Councils in talks to join SEND funding bailout scheme

Tuesday

2nd Jan 2024

Rural school buildings twice as likely to be ‘poor’
Rural parts of Scotland have a disproportionately high number of school buildings in disrepair, compared with urban areas, official figures show
Liam Kerr highlands

Friday

29th Dec 2023

Call to reverse ‘deep cuts’ to education in Scotland
Amid disappointment over a lack of new ideas for education in this month’s Scottish Budget, campaigners aim to step up their drive for more money and resources
Hanging tea bags

Wednesday

27th Dec 2023

EIS calls for free school meals for all pupils
Christmas holidays underline the argument for universal free school meals, says Scotland’s biggest teaching union
EIS calls for free school meals for all pupils

Tuesday

19th Dec 2023

Scottish Budget: universal free school meals plan remains vague
But councils given £1.5 million to wipe out pupils’ existing school-meal debt, says finance secretary Shona Robison as she sets out Scotland’s Budget for 2024-25
Shona Robison
‘Checks should have been in place’ to prevent DfE funding blunder
An investigation into a £370 million DfE school funding calculation error has published its findings
‘Checks should have been in place’ to prevent DfE funding blunder

Monday

18th Dec 2023

Shoot films on unused school land, officials suggest
But a headteachers’ leader warns that few schools would benefit from the ‘bizarre’ proposal for utilising space left empty by falling pupil rolls
Shoot films on unused school land, officials suggest
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Thursday

14th Dec 2023

Most schools reject catch-up scheme
Drop in government subsidy for the National Tutoring Programme saw the number of schools taking part drop to just over a third
Catch-up tutor

Wednesday

13th Dec 2023

Vacant space will create ‘large cost burden’, schools warned
Senior official cautions against selling off school space left vacant by falling pupil rolls in case the population grows again in the future
unused school land

Monday

11th Dec 2023

Schools with poorer pupils faced bigger spending cuts
Spending by schools with higher levels of disadvantaged pupils has fallen by more than twice as much as schools with the most affluent intakes, finds IFS analysis
Schools with poorer pupils faced bigger spending cuts

Friday

8th Dec 2023

Earmark funding for holiday pay claims, schools told
Planned legislation on staff holiday pay will save schools money but some will still be vulnerable to legal claims, lawyers warn
Gavel on money holiday pay

Thursday

7th Dec 2023

NI leaders demand end of ‘chronic underfunding’
Pupils in Northern Ireland should be entitled to the same level of investment as those in England, Scotland or Wales, say seven key NI education leaders
Underfunding