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

Wednesday

2nd Feb 2022

Levelling up: New UK-wide online academy planned
The government wants to set up a new online academy offering lessons across the UK as part of its efforts to level up education, 91¶¶Òõ understands
pupils and teacher around a computer

Tuesday

1st Feb 2022

‘Levelling up’: More schools to be moved into MATs
Ministers also promise to ‘eradicate illiteracy and innumeracy by 2030’ – but heads call the plan ‘insulting’ and ‘infuriating’
The government has announced plans to move more schools into MATs as part of its Levelling Up agenda.

Thursday

27th Jan 2022

DfE to be quizzed over ‘piecemeal’ careers education
MPs will investigate the DfE’s approach to careers education – which has been labelled ‘piecemeal’ by heads
The ‘scandal’ of the NTP procurement deal
Sam Freedman explains why the procurement process for the delivery of the National Tutoring Programme was flawed – and has led to problems with the catch-up scheme
The inside story of the NTP procurement deal
Pay for CEOs of largest MATs rises £10k on average
Salary increases, surpluses and five other findings from a new major report on academies
The pay of the largest multi academy trust leaders in a new survey has increased by 10,000 in the past year.

Tuesday

25th Jan 2022

5 problems with the NTP, according to school leaders
Tutors from the government’s Covid catch-up scheme are not always ‘very good with children’, head tells MPs
The NTP is well short of its targets for pupils being reached in 2021/22 new figures show

Monday

24th Jan 2022

£1,000 for schools to support vaccine roll out
DfE also announces 1,000 more air purifiers for schools – despite previously saying any more would be a ‘waste of taxpayers’ money’
Secondary schools are to receive extra funding to support the vaccination of 12 to 15-year-olds.

Friday

21st Jan 2022

DfE and Randstad must show how they will improve access to NTP
The chair of the House of Commons Education Select Committee outlines the work being done to challenge those running the National Tutoring Programme to ensure it delivers on its goals
NTP, catch up

Thursday

20th Jan 2022

£63K a month bills: soaring energy prices hit schools
Schools seeing their energy bills rise by more than 100 per cent warn they will have to cut back on teacher recruitment
£63,000 a month energy bills: Soaring gas and electricity prices swamping school budgets

Tuesday

18th Jan 2022

Rise in FSM pupils ‘will distort attainment data’
A big increase in free school meals pupils, after changes to eligibility, will make tracking progress in closing the attainment gap almost impossible, warns NFER
Free school meals: Recent changes to eligibility will distort attainment gap data, the NFER has warned

Friday

14th Jan 2022

Covid tutoring: Why hasn’t the magic happened?
How come take-up for the National Tutoring Programme has been so low? Laura McInerney breaks down what’s gone wrong
Tutroring

Thursday

13th Jan 2022

6 dangers facing independent schools
Covid may not have affected private schools as much as they feared – but they are not out of the woods yet, says David James
Independent, schools, threats