Furlough information for schools published
The government has released updated guidance on the financial support it can give the education sector.
It includes information on how state schools that have a separate private income stream (for example, catering, sports facilities lettings, or boarding provision funded by parents in state boarding schools) can furlough staff paid from such income streams.
It says: "Where this income has either stopped or been reduced and there are staff that are typically paid from those private income streams, it may be appropriate to furlough staff. Schools should first seek to make the necessary savings from their existing budget or consider options to redeploy these staff before furloughing them.”
It also confirms private schools should access the furlough scheme “in order to retain staff and enable the school to reopen fully in due course”.
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