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Education secretary also says free school meal eligibility is ‘always kept under review’, speaking ahead of the autumn budget on 17 November

Exclusive: The schools risk losing thousands in tutoring cash, but leaders say move would be ‘tone deaf’

Most school leaders looking to cut back on teaching assistants and teachers in the face of ‘eye-watering’ bills, finds survey

Teaching union relaunches ‘School Cuts’ website, which has drawn criticism in the past for its projections

Covid catch-up work at risk as 81 per cent of heads say the funding squeeze in schools is the ‘worst in living memory’

ESFA report says 366 school visits resulted in savings of £292m being identified in the past academic year

Your roundup of 91¶¶Òõ’ most-read news and features articles this week includes school support staff accepting their pay offer, what teacher strikes would mean this winter and the rise of machines that can do your marking

Leaders fear that squeezed budgets could lead to staff cuts that impact on the safety of pupils or employees

Pay offer negotiated by unions equates to a 10.5 per cent increase for the lowest-paid school support staff

Academies sector leader Leora Cruddas tells the Westminster Education Forum that action is needed to address ‘fragility’ in the school system on funding and teacher supply

Exclusive: Schools minister urged to remove the requirement for schools to subsidise 40% tutoring costs to increase take-up

The government’s target for all schools to be in a multi-academy trust by 2030 is in jeopardy because financial pressures have forced trusts to halt expansion, experts warn