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School funding

August 2024

  • Somal leans, with folded arms, against a breeze-block pillar

    Special educational needs system in England in ‘utter disarray’, says ombudsman

    Exclusive: Young people and their families lack support, while social workers are overwhelmed, according to Amerdeep Somal

July 2024

  • Pupils in a classroom

    The Guardian view on the widening attainment gap: poorer children need a boost

    Editorial: The progress made by pupils from lower-income families has been wiped out – and it’s not all the pandemic’s fault

June 2024

  • illustration composite with children looking at a teacher in front of a whiteboard and an apprentice

    Life under Labour
    Labour wants to create opportunities for all. Can its education pledges narrow the divide?

  • Parkfield school in Dorset viewed through a fence

    Flagship free school that cost £35m closes due to lack of pupils

  • Two teenage school girls standing in front of a large whiteboard side by side solving a mathematics equation on the board

    Paying private school fees years ahead may create VAT disputes, experts warn

  • Back of heads of a couple of school children in a classroom with hands raised

    Record 576,000 pupils have special needs support plan in England

  • Eight in 10 primary teachers in England spending own money to help pupils

  • English pupil funding at same level as when Tories took power, study finds

May 2024

  • John Harris

    Education’s deepest crisis is being ignored by Westminster – and even harsher cuts are on the way

    John Harris
    A politicians fuss over sex education, a void in special needs provision is leaving families with nowhere to turn, says Guardian columnist John Harris
  • Pupils going to school

    Teachers in England stretched by pupils’ mental and family problems, MPs say

    Education select committee concerned that excessive workload is driving teachers out of profession
  • Several children's hands in the air with blue sleeves

    School leaders warn of ‘full-blown’ special needs crisis in England

    Survey by NAHT union finds funding shortages mean pupils are losing out on vital support

April 2024

  • Headteachers say they are forced to mend desks and unblock toilets after losing caretakers to cuts.

    Brief letters
    Proof that teaching’s going down the pan

  • Amanda Richards beside a school playground

    Headteachers forced to mend desks and unblock toilets after cuts in England

  • A bright primary school room with a small table and bookcases with books.

    English primary schools cutting teacher numbers amid budget pressure, survey finds

  • Primary school pupils being served food in school canteen.

    English schools could lose £1bn by 2030 as pupil numbers fall

March 2024

  • Buckets catching water in UK school classroom

    Cold, damp, unsafe: record number of UK schools refused funding for repairs

    DfE allocates £450m to 826 building projects at 733 schools, a fall of almost 60% – in terms of total projects – compared with 2020-21
  • A child with special educational needs being helped to write

    Hard-up English councils ration access to special needs tests

    Many local authorities are increasingly rejecting requests to assess children who need help in schools, new data reveals

    • ‘I can’t make them eat it’: Teachers and parents share school meal concerns in England

    • The Guardian view on multi-academy trusts: disputes over school budgets point to deeper issues

    • Shadow education secretary calls Gillian Keegan’s Ofsted comments ‘pathetic’

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