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Funding

School funding explained

Quickly get to grips with how school funding works:

• Funding for maintained schools
• Funding for academies
• Funds and freebies: monthly highlights
• National funding formula: history and consultation
• Topic: School finance

Recently added or updated

• Pay committee: terms of reference updated
• Teachers' pay grant: how to calculate your allocation updated
• DfE: 'No plans' to scrap national schools commissioner role new
• Ofsted chief 'not safe pair of hands’, claims union new
• Schools shell out £3.8 million in council conversion fees new

Inspection

4 resources on Ofsted preparation

Build knowledge and gain confidence about the process:

• Evidence to help governors answer inspectors' questions
• Ofsted inspection: how governance is evaluated
• Preparing for Ofsted: checklist
• Ofsted inspection: questions for governors

In the news 22 Sep 2018

• News briefing: Your weekly round-up for 14-21 September 2018 21 Sep 2018 08:00 new
• Need-to-know: DfE confirms pay rises and teachers' pay grant details 14 Sep 2018 14:06 new
• News briefing: Your weekly round-up for 7-14 September 2018 14 Sep 2018 08:00 new
• In the news: MPs call for review of short inspection model 7 Sep 2018 10:03 new
• News briefing: Your weekly round-up for 31 August-6 September 2018 7 Sep 2018 08:00 new