Jasmine Norden

4 days ago | tes.com | Jasmine Norden

Nearly half of headteachers are expecting to be forced to cut teachers’ jobs next year because of funding pressures, a poll by school leaders’ union the NAHT has found, prompting calls for new money for the sector at the Spending Review. The NAHT’s survey, published today, found 46 per cent of heads responding said they would have to reduce the number of teachers or teaching hours over the next 12 months, while 80 per cent said they would have to cut teaching assistants or their hours.

5 days ago | tes.com | Jasmine Norden |Cerys Turner

Critics of the government’s early adopters breakfast-club scheme have repeatedly warned that schools are only getting 60p per pupil for food and staff. And a Tes survey earlier this month revealed major concerns about the pilot’s funding rates, with some schools saying they were having to dilute fruit juice and cancel hot food.

1 week ago | tes.com | Jasmine Norden |Ramsay Hodgson

The Department for Education has announced £470 million of capital funding for the repair and maintenance of school buildings in 2025-26. The money will go towards capital projects in smaller academy trusts and voluntary aided bodies this year through the Condition Improvement Fund (CIF), up from £423.9 million in 2024-25, excluding appeals. The pot will fund projects across 656 schools and colleges. This is down compared with 2024-25, when CIF funded 866 projects across 733 schools and colleges.

1 week ago | tes.com | Jasmine Norden

Proposals for six Catholic academy trusts in the West Midlands to merge into one 63-school multi-academy trust have received ministerial approval. The West Midlands Regional Advisory Board (RAB) escalated the proposals to the minister after discussion at the board’s February meeting, under interim regional director Jonathan Duff. The board identified some risks but the minutes of the meeting state that these were not considered to be reasons not to support the merger.

1 week ago | tes.com | Jasmine Norden

The government is facing difficult decisions on funding for education in its spending review next month that could result in “harrowing” cuts for schools, experts have warned. Chancellor Rachel Reeves is set to deliver her multi-year spending review on 11 June, setting out government spending between 2025-26 and 2028-29. The government previously set out plans for overall spending across all government departments to grow by around 1.2 per cent per year over this period.