School finance

Secrets to success: How to spend the Pupil Premium

28 February 2013

Ofsted’s report into how schools are spending the Pupil Premium offers a range of advice and best practice. Pete Henshaw looks at seven key strategies that have proven successful.

The changing rules for academy funding

31 January 2013

Academies are currently dealing with complex and changing funding rules. Vincent King looks at how some schools have been coping.

Successful school fundraising in 10 steps

31 January 2013

Squeezed budgets and government cuts have made life difficult for schools and placed a new importance on raising additional monies locally. Rachel Gordon offers 10 dos and don’ts for successful school fundraising.

Are you prepared for the SEN changes?

4 October 2012

With the government's proposed reform of provision for SEN students and the introduction of the new Ofsted framework and Teachers' Standards, the SEN landscape is shifting once more. Lorraine Petersen looks at the implications.

Funding building refurbishments

28 June 2012

The axing of the Building Schools for the Future left many schools in limbo, with poor buildings but no funding to replace them. Vincent King looks at funding refurbishments in a post-BSF world, while Andy Shaw offers some money-saving tips.

School funding and finance