Finance

NAO questions DfE’s handling of academy finances

21/04/2016 - 11:22

The National Audit Office (NAO) has questioned the Department for Education’s (DfE’s) handling of the financial statements of academy trusts, sayin

SEN unit funding under threat, say associations

19/04/2016 - 10:31

Head teachers and school business managers have warned that funding cuts could cause special educational needs units at mainstream schools to close.

Thousands of pupils underweight, figures warn

18/04/2016 - 11:57

The All Party Parliamentary Group on Hunger has highlighted official figures which showed thousands of pupils in England started school underweight in 2015.

Schools face real-term cuts of seven per cent, IFS warns

15/04/2016 - 11:19

School spending per pupil across England is expected to fall by at least seven per cent in real-terms between 2015-16 and 2019-20, according to a new report from the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS).

Bousted: school library budget cuts risks pupils’ literacy

06/04/2016 - 12:25

Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), has warned cuts to school library budgets risk the literacy of children.

Perry Beeches Academy to pay back £100k of funding

01/04/2016 - 12:50

Birmingham academy Perry Beeches Trust has been instructed to pay back more than £100,000 in government funding.

More teachers to opt out of pension scheme, ATL warns

30/03/2016 - 11:23

The Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) has warned that more teachers are expected to opt out of the teachers’ pension scheme after changes to pension programmes were announced in the Budget.

Fairer funding formula to come into effect by 2019

17/03/2016 - 12:57

A new fairer funding formula for schools is set to come into effect by 2019, with the aim of creating a fairer and more transparent system.

DfE to launch ‘Excellence in Leadership Fund’

17/03/2016 - 12:55

The Department for Education (DfE) has announced plans to launch an ‘Excellence in Leadership Fund’, which will encourage multi-academy trusts and other providers to develop ‘innovative ways of boosting leadership’.

Academy conversions nationwide announced in Budget

16/03/2016 - 13:35

As part of his Budget speech in the House of Commons, Chancellor George Osborne has called for all schools in England to become academies by 2022.

Sixth form teachers strike deemed lawful by High Court

15/03/2016 - 11:50

The planned sixth form teachers’ strike has commenced despite a legal challenge from the government claiming it to be unlawful.

School leavers dismiss apprenticeships over pay misconceptions

14/03/2016 - 11:33

According to research conducted by Prudential, many school leavers are put off of becoming apprentices as a result of misconceptions over pay.

Government looks to ban plans for sixth-form strike

14/03/2016 - 11:30

The government has declared that sixth-form teachers’ plans to strike are ‘unlawful’ and is set to look to the High Court to put a stop to the plans.

Academy heads' pay not always justified, says Wilshaw

11/03/2016 - 12:36

The large salaries enjoyed by chief executives at some of England’s academy chains is not justified by the performance of the schools they run, Sir Michael Wilshaw has said.

Scotland college teachers announce strike dates

10/03/2016 - 11:47

Members of the Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) Further Education Lecturers’ Association have announced more details concerning a planned series of strikes.