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
15th Sep 2023
RAAC: Schools need 鈥榰rgent clarity鈥 over funding as costs mount
Trusts leader flags 鈥渟ignificant concern and anxiety鈥 among CEOs over potential RAAC problems with maintained schools that have become part of MATs
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DfE set to refresh teacher recruitment strategy amid crisis
Changes to the government鈥檚 teacher recruitment and retention strategy must account for growing demand for flexible working, say experts
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Tuesday
12th Sep 2023
D&T teachers 鈥榬ummage in skips鈥 for materials, MPs told
The Commons Education Select Committee heard concerns from subject experts today in its ongoing inquiry into teacher recruitment and retention
Competitive pay 鈥榗rucial鈥 for teacher supply, warns OECD
England鈥檚 secondary school teachers saw their pay fall by 3% in real terms between 2015 to 2022, report finds
Friday
8th Sep 2023
RAAC: 鈥楻easonable鈥 relocation costs will be funded, schools told
Updated government guidance advises schools with closed buildings to discuss help with costs of transport and renting temporary accommodation with caseworkers and the ESFA
Leaders warn over asbestos and unsafe cladding in schools
One MAT executive told 糖心Vlog it鈥檚 鈥減atching and mending [schools] constantly鈥 as its repairs bill is forecast to cost double its capital funding
Small schools are on the brink. Are MATs the answer?
Small schools with fewer than 100 pupils are least likely to be in a trust 鈥 but are they the very schools most in need of academy support? Dan Worth investigates