ASCL comment on IFS report on pressures on school funding
Responding to a report from the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), which highlights a growing list of pressures on school funding, Pepe Di’Iasio, General Secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said...
Tuesday, 4 June 2024 00:01
IFS: Painful set of choices facing incoming government on school spending
The number of pupils with the highest levels of assessed special educational needs has increased by over 60% since 2015...
Tuesday, 4 June 2024 00:01
ASCL comment on Deltapoll/NEU survey showing parents support extension of free school meals
Responding to a survey from Deltapoll/NEU, which shows the vast majority of parents recognise the health and educational benefits of free school meals and support the scheme’s expansion...
Tuesday, 4 June 2024 00:01
Nearly one million people only £10 a week away from poverty as political leaders urged to set out their plans for tackling hardship ahead of tonight’s election debate - JRF
As Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer prepare to debate this evening, new analysis from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) has found that alongside millions of people already in poverty, further millions are “teetering on the edge”...
Tuesday, 4 June 2024 00:01
Deltapoll/NEU poll finds majority support for extending Free School Meals to all primary school children
In a poll of over 1000 parents in England, commissioned by the National Education Union and conducted by Deltapoll, we asked for their thoughts about free school meals...
Tuesday, 4 June 2024 00:01
BRC: Mild recovery for retail sales in May
UK Total retail sales increased by 0.7% year on year in May, against a growth of 3.9% in May 2023...
Tuesday, 4 June 2024 00:01
SRC: Middling May Leaves Retailers Hoping Sunnier Days are Ahead
Total sales in Scotland increased by 0.1% compared with May 2023...
Tuesday, 4 June 2024 00:01
Welsh Government: Mixed response to school year consultation
The Cabinet Secretary for Education has today [Tuesday 4th June 2024] confirmed that plans to change the school holidays will not happen this Senedd term to give teachers and staff space and time to deliver other reforms...
Monday, 3 June 2024 23:00
Conservatives to introduce immigration cap ·
The Conservatives have today (Tuesday 4 June) announced a new annual cap on visas to build on our progress in bringing migration levels down...
Monday, 3 June 2024 22:30
‘With Great British Energy, we will close the door on Putin’, says Starmer
Keir Starmer will today (Tuesday) warn of the national security threat to Britain that comes with the continued dependence on energy from rogue foreign states, saying that with Labour, Britain will close the door on overseas fossil fuel dependency...
Monday, 3 June 2024 22:30