School Funding

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The Department for Education has unveiled plans to expand its School Rebuilding Programme this summer, with 50 additional projects potentially in the pipeline. First announced in mid-2020,

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The Department for Education has unveiled the initial 50 schools to be part of its School Rebuilding Programme, with each to receive a slice of a £1 billion funding pot. Covering essential

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The additional funding set aside in the school budget should help schools to stay open throughout the coronavirus pandemic, schools minister Nick Gibb has said. When asked about whether the

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Local authority maintained schools in rural areas are set to benefit from expansion funding for the first time in 2021, under new plans from the Department for Education. The proposals are

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Prime Minister Boris Johnson has committed more than £14 billion to enhance primary and secondary education in England until 2022-2023. Covering schools teaching pupils from the ages of fiv

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Schools should develop three year budget plans for how they spend their pupil premium, according to new guidance from the Department for Education. Ministers are keen for schools to have lo

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Academies minister Lord Agnew has warned schools that existing funding must be spent properly if the sector is to receive more funding for key areas. In a speech at the Wellington College o

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The government has offered more than 1,600 schools access to improvement support following reforms to how it is offered and allocated. The move follows an announcement from Education Secreta

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Those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) are a priority in the forthcoming government spending review, the chief secretary to the Treasury has said. Liz Truss, a former e

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The Department for Education has pledged to ‘fully fund’ the cost of higher school pension contributions for the next school year. Estimated to be in the region of £830 million, the move to

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Nine organisations are to recruit and manage a set of cost-cutting consultants that will help schools to save money. The Department for Education has revealed that the school resource manage