Department for Education

“More than a third of schools in England do not have air conditioning, according to Department for Education (DfE) data obtained by Tes.”

“The DfE said it is equipping schools to deal with heatwaves via its £710m renewal and retrofit programme through to 2029-30 and almost £20bn through 2034-35 to rebuild over 750 schools.”

“The DfE will have its capital budget cut by 1 per cent a year from this year until 2029-30 to pay for increased defence spending.”

“six per cent ceiling on interest rates for Plan 2 and Plan 3 student loans will come into force on September 1.”

“Statutory guidance, which sets out what schools must do to adhere to the law, will come into force into September.”

“The Department for Education said VAT on private school fees is now expected to raise £1.8billion a year by 2029-30.”

“The Department for Education (DfE) announced £1.8bn in additional funding”

“but said schools would have to fund the first 1% of each rise from existing budgets.”

“the changes mean that from September, trusts will need the government to approve any jobs advertised with salaries of more than £174,000”

“the DfE said in March that, at a national level, there would be around £250m available in existing school budgets to fund some of the rise in 2026-27 and around £750m in 2027-28”

“the DfE has defended spending more than £700,000 on 'influencer marketing' over the past two financial years.”

“Last year, a record 459,288 fines were issued to parents, according to the Department for Education, a four per cent rise from 2023-4.”

“In total, this means that parents in the UK were fined more than £36 million across the year.”

“Some 9.2% of this age group in England were classified as Neet in 2009, in comparison to 10.3% in 2008.”

“In total, nearly seven in 10 (68%) of 16 to 18-year-olds stayed in full-time education in 2009, compared with 64.7% the year before.”

“The total number of 16 to 18-year-olds in education or training last year rose by 39,000 to 1.65m.”

“A spokesperson for the Department for Education said there was no timeline at present as to when these case reviews will published.”

“the year-long £8.34m pilot, which was due to start in September, has been withdrawn.”

“The Department for Education is to be cut by £670m - including £311m for council spending on schools.”

“There are a raft of other cuts from school projects - including £47m from one-to-one tuition, £60m from diplomas and other vocational qualifications, £1m from the School Food Trust and £40m from 'Eve…”

“The core spending on schools is to be protected for one year - but there will be £311m cuts to the funding given by the government to local authorities for education.”