Most public services will remain worse in four years’ time than they were just before Covid-19 – and most of them were already worse than they were in 2010 – CIPFA and the Institute for Government’s...
The Department for Education (DfE) has confirmed that 43 more schools in England were constructed with reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) and need refurbishment, bringing the total to 214.
The government will need to spend an additional £4.4bn a year to reverse the decline in capital funding and ensure schools are safe for children, unions have said.
The government will set the “most generous bar” when funding the costs of contingency and reconstruction works for schools affected by RAAC, a senior official has said.
Rishi Sunak cut funding for rebuilding schools with dangerous concrete construction while chancellor despite warnings of “a critical risk to life”, a former permanent secretary has claimed.
Not increasing funding for virtual schools to match their new expanded remit could see them become a “victim of their own success”, the County Councils Network has warned.
Teachers are questioning the usefulness and effectiveness of Ofsted inspections. After the suicide of a headteacher, something needs to change, says a senior teacher.
Bristol City Council could be forced to issue a section 114 notice in future years if it is unable to cut its dedicated schools grant deficit, a senior officer has warned.
The improved teachers’ pay offer will do little to reverse the real-terms cut to salaries since 2010, researchers at the Institute for Fiscal Studies have said amid strike action.
Plans to allocate £2.5bn of funding to improve school and college buildings and support more school places fall well short of the sector’s needs after a decade of underinvestment, leaders have said.
London mayor Sadiq Khan has pledged £130m of funding to provide free school meals for every primary school child in 2023-24 to support families through the cost-of-living crisis.
Making maths lessons compulsory until the age of 18 could exacerbate already-troublesome teaching shortages, and it is important the plan is based on solid evidence rather than being Rishi Sunak’s “...
The lack of additional support for early years and post-16 education will stretch resources further as historically high inflation eats into budgets, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has said.
A London council will spend more than £1m per year on payments to young people in further education, effectively replacing a government scheme scrapped amid austerity, and a bursary for students.
