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Millions of pounds of school funding transferred to support SEND deficits

Schools Week have reported that councils have been given ministerial approval to seize more than £82 million funding from their mainstream schools to...

17th Mar 2025

Abuse of school leaders

A poll of 1,600 National Association of Headteachers (NAHT) members revealed that over 80 percent of school leaders have been abused by parents in t...

14th Mar 2025

Education Committee supports FSM auto enrolment

The Education Committee has told the Government it should use its Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill to remove the requirement to apply for free ...

13th Mar 2025

School budget share, planning and monitoring

As all governors and trustees know, financial planning is an essential part of good financial management. As schools work towards setting their budget...

12th Mar 2025

NGA at Westminster

The NGA reports that it continues to champion governance experiences and concerns with key decision-makers. This week, NGA’s Chief Executive Emma Ba...

11th Mar 2025

Sustainability leadership and climate action plans in education

Have you seen the Department for Education’s (DfE) sustainability leadership and climate action plans initiative? This states that: “By 2025...

10th Mar 2025

Early Breakfast Clubs Adopters in Devon

The government has now named 750 schools that will act as “early adopters” of its new breakfast clubs programme. A trial announced last year wou...

6th Mar 2025

PE and Sport Premium rates 2024/25

The latest PE and sport premium grant has been confirmed. The grant benefits all primary-aged pupils by encouraging the development of healthy, active...

5th Mar 2025

The 0.5% block transfer – decision made

Schools were consulted at the end of last year on the transfer of 0.5% between council funding blocks for 2025-26. 164 schools (82%) disagreed with th...

4th Mar 2025

Is Environmental Sustainability one of your school’s strategic priorities?

The Department for Education (DfE) require that by 2025, all education settings will have nominated a sustainability lead and put in place a climate a...

3rd Mar 2025

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