News | School funding and finance

Half of schools using Pupil Premium to plug budget gaps

Pupil Premium and disadvantage

‘Unimaginable’ that DfE won’t back down over 2.8% teacher pay proposal

Pay and conditions

Parliamentary briefing demands £700m school funding boost ahead of chancellor’s Spring Statement

School funding and finance

Free school meals: Calls grow for automatic enrolment and higher thresholds

Free School Meals

The councils facing insolvency due to SEND high needs deficits

SEND

National Audit Office issues stark warning over £13.8bn schools maintenance backlog

Facilities

SEN: A system in disarray, mired in red tape, and lacking funding

SEND

‘Death by a thousand cuts: We cannot go on like this’

School funding and finance

Mainstream schools get £740m to 'create specialist facilities' for SEND students

School funding and finance

Budget 2024: A good starting point but much more will be needed

School funding and finance

Number of students with SEN approaches 1.7 million

SEN

SEND system on ‘brink of collapse’

EHCPs