Facts and figures from the April edition of Public Finance magazine highlighting findings from CIPFA’s Performance Tracker report and whether we’ve really had enough of experts
Some schools in England could be facing a 7% funding cut after 2020 following the roll out of the revised national funding formula, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has warned.
Constant upheaval and changes of direction in government policy are hugely costly in both human and economic terms, the Institute for Government warns in a paper published today.
Future squeezes on public finances could lead to a drop in the number of well-qualified people entering teaching and health professions, the Institute of Fiscal Studies has warned.
Disadvantaged children in England are significantly less likely to gain a place at the country’s top performing comprehensive schools, the Sutton Trust has found.
Wales must continue to reform its national curriculum and raise the standard of teaching to improve the quality of its school system, an OECD assessment has found.
There is not enough evidence to support the expansion of multi-academy trusts as part of the government’s aim for all schools to become academies, the education select committee has concluded.
Education spending by Scottish local authorities increased by 2.7% in real terms last year in spite of persistent teacher shortages and claims of under-resourcing, according to official annual...
Funding for pupils aged 16 to 18 in England has been “continually squeezed”, despite increases in education spending across three decades, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has found.
It would cost the government at least £6.7bn to bring the school estate in England up to a satisfactory standard, a review by the National Audit Office has highlighted.
Public sector staff who move from permanent roles to agency work mainly do so due to concerns over insufficient resources and unmanageable workloads rather than in an effort to increase pay, a review...
A wall collapse last year at an Edinburgh primary school built under the controversial Private Finance Initiative funding system was not the fault of PFI, an independent report has concluded.
A report that the government has clawed back £384m of funding for schools amid a ‘cash crisis’ in education has sparked criticism from teaching unions.
The government should not reconsider its oft-criticised commitment to spending 0.7% of national income on overseas aid, the former prime minister told a committee yesterday.
Holyrood's plan to remove education funding from local authorities ramps up financial risk and might not improve student outcomes. A transitional period would be helpful
Ninety eight per cent of schools in England face a real-terms reduction in funding per pupil under the government’s proposed National Funding Formula, according to analysis published today by...
Brexit and government plans to increase regulations faced by international students applying to UK universities could cost the country up to £2bn every year, the Higher Education Policy...
