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Trust blames not balancing books on lack of DfE Covid cash

An expert said standalone academies faced particular challenges, but Covid boosted rather than worsened many schools' finances

Pay award: This 'landmark' settlement lands wide of the mark

What was meant to be a fully-funded and inflation-busting settlement has managed to be neither and please no one, writes Micon Metcalfe

Councils commit cash to keep special school trust afloat

Councils have been forced to find more cash to keep a special school trust afloat, after it claimed insufficient funding left it paying wages from its reserves

Save some cash for later to fund teacher pay bill, DfE says

The government has told schools to consider saving some of the extra cash they receive next year to meet the 'significant' costs of future staff pay rises

The year in school business: When crisis came, we ran towards it