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.
Rising wages are set to make school finances difficult next year as funding increases fall below forecast spending growth, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has warned.
Government work evaluating innovative programmes in children’s social care has been praised as exemplary, with the National Audit Office saying it “will be of value to other departments”.
The UK’s largest teaching union has said it will be “strongly encouraging” its members to vote for strike action if the government does not meet its demand for an above-inflation pay rise for all...
Councils in England are set to receive £70m to help implement proposed reforms of special educational needs and disability (SEND), including a national tariff to help manage swelling costs.
Some English councils will be able to establish academy trusts under new plans the government hopes will spur school academisation – a programme criticised last week for lacking clear financial...
Nine local authorities are set to receive more than £300m of additional funding over the next five years to help fund deficits in their special educational needs and disability (SEND) budgets.
The government does not understand why different academy schools perform differently financially and poor access to local information is harming scrutiny of individual trusts, Parliament’s Public...
The government’s reliance on national figures of English schools’ finances hides “cruel divides” that leave some children with poor education and lower life chances, a group of MPs has warned.
The Universities Superannuation Scheme deficit fell by nearly 80% between March 2020 and January 2022, but officials warned volatile markets mean charting the right course remains a “challenge”.
The cost of living crisis is likely to see more young people spurn higher education so they can start earning money. Radical funding solutions are needed, says Professor Zahir Irani.
The Department for Education intends to proceed with plans to scrap a £50m school improvement grant, despite objections from the sector over financial pressures.
A West Midlands borough council failed to follow its own procedures when awarding SEND transport contracts and will likely need to restart the procurement process to avoid possible legal challenge.
The proportion of schools run by local authorities reporting deficits more than doubled in five years as cost pressures on the mainstream education system rose faster than funding, the National...
Proposals from the government’s review into special educational needs and disability will aim to reduce regional disparities in providing care when it is published next year, according to a minister.
The government’s proposals to scrap a £50m school improvement grant has been criticised by local authorities, with educations budgets already stretched.
Norfolk County Council is set to use community infrastructure levy income to finance debt repayments on new loans to help meet a £46m gap in its school building programme.
Tweaking the student loans system to boost public finances is “essentially impossible” without hitting average-earning graduates harder than their high-earning peers, according to Institute for...
Suspected form tampering and safeguarding concerns led a Midlands authority to cancel a contract with a SEND home-to-school transport supplier with two weeks until the start of term.
