Business leaders should be on workload taskforce, says ISBL The body representing school business leaders said it did ‘not understand’ why they’d been left out
United Learning loses High Court battle over 拢2m MIS deal Country’s biggest academy trust said a ruling it broke the law in appointing Arbor over Bromcom will be ‘of concern to all schools’
In short supply: Cover costs soar as teacher shortages and illness bite Investigation: Schools sound the alarm as finances hit by education’s shrinking workforce
Speed read: DfE energy-saving tips and 拢500m funding rules Schools told to do energy ‘spot checks’, and should spend new efficiency upgrade cash this financial year
Half of trusts ‘against central pooling’ of school budgets A small poll suggests MAT leaders value centralised funding but are wary of deterring potential new trust schools
Government promise to end 15-year school cash squeeze ‘won’t be met’ The IFS think tank says per-pupil funding will actually be 3 per cent lower in real terms by 2024-25
Covid wipes almost a third off academies’ fundraising income Charity Parentkind said PTA fundraisers upped their hours last year, but suffered from cancelled events and less lucrative virtual ones
Six in 10 councils face DfE intervention to cut SEND deficits All councils also face new guidance on making spending on pupils with special educational needs and disabilities ‘sustainable’
PFI firm makes millions as taxpayers pay 拢870,000 a year for empty school Wirral council faces eye-watering annual PFI bills despite Kingsway Academy lying empty since 2018