Funding

Into Headship students have shared their views on what should happen to improve education after today’s Scottish Parliament election

Schools are increasingly being forced to make ‘trade-offs’ on staffing, class sizes and levels of support because of squeezed funding, report warns

Schools will have less than a term to prepare the new enrichment entitlements before Ofsted inspects them, with sector leaders warning this is a ‘recipe for heightening stress’

Heads vote for union to consider all steps up to and including industrial action over any below-inflation three-year pay deal

The rising costs that schools are facing could undermine the government’s White Paper plans, the NAHT’s general secretary tells the union’s annual conference

Dave Woods will also tell the union’s annual conference that education staff are now ‘frontline fighters’ against ‘dark forces of hate’

Academy trusts are raising more cash themselves, but there are concerns over growing disparities in the sector

The downward trend in pupil numbers is dramatically affecting schools’ funding. So what impact is this having on staffing and classes, and are there any silver linings to the crisis? Ellen Peirson-Hagger investigates

Performance may be judged ‘blind’, but you can’t fail to compare and contrast the different experiences of students across the English school system, says this drama examiner

School leaders warn of ‘ageing buildings that aren’t even warm or watertight’ as the NAHT prepares to debate the issue of funding for the school estate at its annual conference

New policy aimed at saving schools money is welcomed, but heads’ union points out that fewer supply staff would be needed if teacher recruitment and retention were improved

The DfE’s sector-wide report and accounts show deficits rising, higher staff costs and millions of pounds of extra financial support