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Early years leaders and experts warn emergency funding and an immediate plan to fix the workforce shortage is needed if Labour is to achieve its aims for the sector

Schools minister Nick Gibb has written to union leaders after they called for a 2.7 per cent increase in funding to be restored to NFF allocations

The schools minister has rejected education unions’ call for the DfE to restore per-pupil funding to the amount announced in July

Senior government figures should make marginalised and vulnerable pupils their policy ‘starting point’, says headteachers’ leader Geoff Barton

The national funding formula allocations for schools were revised down last week after the DfE announced a technical error in processing pupil numbers

This week’s must-read education news includes Labour’s plans for schools and one head’s first-hand account of a school closing because of the falling birth rate

Four unions have called on the education secretary to restore the 2.7 per cent per pupil funding increase for 2024-25 after it was revised due to a DfE miscalculation

Oak National Academy launches new lesson resources for teachers aimed at representing the diversity of modern life and cutting teacher workload

Labour announces a new focus on early years and primary school maths, and signals it is up for a ‘fight’ over private school tax breaks

Late last week, the government revealed it had made a mistake in its school funding calculations for next year. But what does this mean for schools, councils and trusts?

It comes after the NEU’s Daniel Kebede said that there were ‘grounds to reopen’ the teacher pay and funding dispute

Gillian Keegan has ordered a formal review after her department revealed a mistake in the national funding formula allocations for schools for 2024-25