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
26th Apr 2024
Schools with RAAC can defer Ofsted for rest of academic year
Those with a confirmed case of the crumbly concrete will be eligible for inspections this summer term but can postpone them if they wish
DfE finds 9K more pupil places in shortfall schools
Net Capacity Assessment pilot found ‘discrepancies’ in school capacity numbers provided by local authorities and those found by government property assessors
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Revealed: Where trust capacity funding goes
The DfE’s Trust Capacity Fund aims to encourage trusts to take on challenging schools. Tes analysis uncovers to what extent this is happening
Wednesday
24th Apr 2024
Keegan: I’ll look at how we can fund teacher pay rise
The education secretary has said her decision on whether the government can help schools with extra funding will depend on the ‘challenge’ from the teacher pay review body
Modern language assistants disappear from Scottish state schools
The only MLAs left in Scotland are based at independent schools, fuelling fears about declining interest in learning languages
Cosla: Maintaining teacher numbers will ‘greatly impact pay offer’
Councils also hit out at government promise to reduce class contact time, saying it ‘undermines the opportunity to include it in any negotiations’
Friday
19th Apr 2024
MAT chiefs warning over ‘unaffordable’ teacher pay rise
The DfE must issue extra funding to help some schools fund any teacher pay rise for 2024-25 or risk redundancies and reduced provision, prominent MAT leaders have warned
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3 in 4 primary schools having to cut TAs
The number of schools having to cut teachers and teaching assistants because of funding difficulties has been branded ‘disgraceful’