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Letter from David Withey, Chief Executive of the Education and Skills Funding Agency, to accounting officers in academies.

The government has announced they will be providing schools with additional funding of almost £1.2 billion in the financial year 2024/25 to support with overall costs. The funding has been calculated at national level to fund the 2024/25 teacher pay award and the support staff pay offer, which is s

Schools' Choice recently attended the Secretary of State for Education live event July 16 2024. We have listened to Bridget Phillipson, the new Secretary of State for Education, to hear what her priorities are as she starts in her role.

ESFA has announced that the decision on the 2024 to 2025 academic year universal infant free school meals (UIFSM) funding rate has been delayed due to the pre-election period. New policies or funding rates cannot be announced in this period.

The Department for Education has published its draft, Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024.  Whilst there are no substantive changes to

On 16 May the National Employers made full and final pay offers to the Staff Sides of the four negotiating groups for which they have responsibility (Local Government Services (Green Book), Craft Workers (Red Book), Chief Officers and Chief Executives.

On 28^th March 2024, the Government launched a safeguarding call for evidence, seeking views on child safeguarding practice in schools and colleges to inform the Department for Education’s safeguarding in schools and colleges policy and future editions of Keeping Children Safe in Educati

On 8th March 2024, the Ofsted launched their Big Listen