Councils have long supplied schools with services from finance to catering. With market changes, they need to act to keep this income, says Richard Harries.
School spending per pupil in England has fallen by 8% in real terms since 2009-10, more than the drop seen in Wales, according to an Institute for Fiscal Studies analysis.
If the government is serious about improving the life chances of poorer children, it should reconsider its plans for grammar schools, says the Education Policy Institute’s Natalie Perera.
Expanding grammar schools will benefit children in better off areas rather than increase opportunity for all, says the Lib Dem’s education spokesperson Layla Moran.
The government today announced a £50m funding boost to create more school places for children with special education needs and disabilities, but council leaders demanded this be matched with a review...
The schools watchdog has failed to hit targets while suffering “constants cuts” to its budget for more than a decade, the National Audit Office has said.
The education minister has come under fire from both sides of the Commons for failing to confirm schools will not see cuts as a result of the new funding formula.
The governance, accountability and financial management of academy trusts running schools in England “fall short”, the Public Accounts Committee has said.
Children in the North of England face being “left behind” because they are more likely to come from a poor community and attend a weak school, the Children’s Commissioner for England has said...
Local authorities are struggling to take a holistic view of education provision in their areas because of the high proportion of secondary schools that have converted to academies, according to...
Most areas planned to continue to offer local authority school improvement services, despite the drift of schools out of council control under free school and academy programmes.
