DfE Revives Teacher Trainee Bursaries
The government will be reinstating a series of cash incentives for trainee teachers in a variety of subjects, due to a plateau of teacher recruitment during the Covid crisis. DfE U-Turn At the end of 2020, the DfE reduced or completely scrapped the bursaries for certain subjects, have now taken a complete U-turn on the […]
School Funding Down – Lowest in the Last 10 Years
The DfE has finally admitted that school funding is down since 2010, showing that the average pupil of today is roughly 2 per cent lower than what it was at the start of the decade. The government had previously insisted that school budgets are at record levels, and although it increased slightly last academic year, […]
Period Products Free for all Schools
As of yesterday, the 20th January 2020, all period products have been made free for every primary, secondary school and college including environmentally friendly reusable pads and menstrual cups. The scheme, brought in by the Department of Education, is to support the ‘period poverty’ throughout the country ensuring that all pupils that need support will […]
School Transport being ‘Pushed to Breaking Point’
Councils throughout the country have warned that the current funding system, that assists with free school transport, may not be financially sustainable going forward. Local authorities are now spending more than £1 billion per year on school transport due to demand and costs. According to a new report, councils could be spending up to £1.2 […]
80% of Schools Worse Off
The Department for Education (DfE) have announced extra funding for all schools however even with this, 80 per cent of schools are still worse off and less funded than they were in 2015. Unfortunately, this shows that the school funding crisis is not over. The Schools Cut campaign has states that the government has promised […]
