News and communications

Councils are to receive a record £850 million cash boost to ensure children across the country receive an education that meets their needs.

• Updated: 26 March 2024

Funding for local authorities involved in the pilot to test the impact of financial incentives when recruiting early years staff.

• Updated: 8 February 2024

DfE Permanent Secretary writes to the Chair of the Education Select Committee, providing the report of the independent review of the national funding formula (NFF) 2024 to 2025.

• Updated: 19 December 2023

More nursery and early years places and spaces to be delivered, with an online childcare eligibility checker to give information about new support.

• Updated: 27 October 2023

DfE Permanent Secretary writes to the Chair of the Education Select Committee, about an update to the national funding formula (NFF) for 2024 to 2025.

• Updated: 6 October 2023

Local Needs Funding to be allocated to 24 education cold spots around the country to help disadvantaged pupils

• Updated: 28 March 2023

£500m for energy efficiency upgrades in schools and colleges, and extra £2bn for schools next year to be split between mainstream schools and high needs

• Updated: 6 December 2022

Up to 75 new free schools including sixth forms, specialist and alternative provision settings will offer tailored support, levelling up opportunities for all.

• Updated: 10 June 2022

Funding for the Government’s flagship education recovery programme to double for secondary schools next year, supporting pupils to catch up on lost learning

• Updated: 26 May 2022

Best practice examples of transition support for year 11 students in alternative provision (AP).

• Updated: 12 October 2021

The Government has announced a package of support, including additional funding and high-quality resources, to help schools deal with the challenges posed by coronavirus.

• Updated: 7 April 2020

Applications open for academies and sixth form colleges to access more than £400 million for school improvements

• Updated: 28 October 2019

£6.5 million fund to boost social mobility through projects supporting children who need the most help with early language and speech skills.

• Updated: 1 July 2018

A letter explaining the funding for academic year 2017 to 2018 for students aged 16 to 19 and students aged 19 to 25 with an education, health and care plan.

• Updated: 21 December 2016

Written ministerial statement by Nick Gibb MP about funding arrangements for schools in 2017 to 2018.

• Updated: 20 December 2016

Letter sent from Peter Lauener, chief executive of the Education Funding Agency, to academy trust accounting officers in October 2016.

• Updated: 6 October 2016

A plan to deliver a fairer funding system for nurseries, preschools and childminders will help support families with the cost of childcare.

• Updated: 11 August 2016

Statement by Education Secretary Justine Greening about school funding.

• Updated: 21 July 2016

Letter setting out opportunities for securing funding for both the expansion of existing schools and new schools to support housing growth.

• Updated: 11 March 2016

Working parents to receive double the current amount of free childcare for 3- and 4-year-olds.

• Updated: 2 February 2016