School spending in England is being increasingly focused on schools with higher numbers of poor pupils, Institute for Fiscal Studies analysis has revealed.
Education secretary Nicky Morgan has set out more details of reforms to the funding formula for schools, which will remove local authorities from any role in the distribution of resources.
The Local Government Association has today reiterated that councils may not be able to provide a school place for every child unless they are given additional powers, including the ability to force...
Poor secondary school performance is setting the Northern Powerhouse up to “splutter and die”, Ofsted chief Sir Michael Wilshaw warned in a speech today.
Ofsted chief Sir Michael Wilshaw has said that the current accountability regime for schools is “confused and inconsistent” and could undermine improvements to the education system.
Councils will be unable to meet their legal duty to ensure all children have access to a school place unless academies expand to meet demand, the Local Government Association has warned today.
Former deputy prime minister Nick Clegg has launched a cross-party commission to investigate how to close regional gaps in school attainment that have widened over the past 30 years.
School budgets are at “breaking point” as real terms funding cuts and mounting spending needs have put huge pressure on finances, a group of teacher unions has warned today.
High performing grant maintained schools should be given additional powers to take over struggling schools, including academies, the Local Government Association said today.
The quality of education in the first three years of secondary school is a cause for concern and is letting down too many students, Ofsted chief Sir Michael Wilshaw has said.
The London Borough of Croydon is to receive £102m from the European Investment Bank to improve schools across the borough, the first time that an EIB loan has been agreed for this purpose.
All but six of Scotland’s 32 councils are failing to comply with a six-year-old minimum recommended level of school clothing grants to disadvantaged families, and two have cut their payment...
High-performing council schools should be able to sponsor struggling schools without taking on academy status, the Local Government Association has said.
The pupil premium policy, designed to help the most disadvantaged schoolchildren, is not identifying those who need it the most and is not being spent in the most “appropriate” way by...
Creating a system of fair school admissions is never easy. But it is important that opportunities to attend more successful schools aren’t limited to those with the deepest pockets
‘Freedom’ from council control does not mean an abdication of responsibility. Academies and free schools need to improve their approaches to both governance and financial probity
The schools spending ringfence should be removed, to ease up the pressure on other departments. And there's evidence that educational standards need not suffer
The Welsh government appears complacent as school performance continues to deteriorate. Ministers need to think radically and should start by introducing some competition into the education system
