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VAT on private school fees is discriminatory, high court told

by The Guardian | Apr 1, 2025 | Department for Education, Education, Human rights, Politics, Private schools, School funding, Schools, Special educational needs, Tax and spending, The Guardian, UK news | 0 |

Legal action claims policy breaches rights of children with SEN whose needs cannot be met by UK state schoolsAdding VAT to private school fees discriminates against children with conditions such as autism whose needs cannot be...

No exodus to state sector after VAT added to private school fees, say English councils

by The Guardian | Mar 10, 2025 | Education, Labour, Politics, Private schools, School admissions, School funding, Schools, Secondary schools, Tax, The Guardian, UK news | 0 |

Most say they have seen no impact on applications for year 7 places, despite warnings from those against policyPredictions that adding VAT to private school fees would set off a wave of parents moving children to the state...

State school pupils in England may have to drop GSCE Latin after funding pulled

by The Guardian | Jan 12, 2025 | Classics and ancient history, Department for Education, Education, Education policy, England, Exams, GCSEs, Languages, Politics, School funding, Schools, The Guardian, UK news | 0 |

DfE urged to delay ending funding of popular programme so that hundreds of students can complete their courses• Axing the Latin excellence scheme: a classic mistakeState school pupils taking GCSE Latin may be forced to drop...

£100m spent in England on failed efforts to block children’s Send support

by The Guardian | Dec 22, 2024 | Children, Department for Education, Education, England, Local government, Politics, School funding, Schools, Society, Special educational needs, The Guardian, UK news | 0 |

Exclusive: Councils win just 1.2% of tribunals, as experts see signs provision is becoming a battle with desperate familiesAnalysis: Why England’s Send system is buckling ‘Fobbed off and rejected’:...

Children’s development ‘put back by years’ due to failure of special educational needs system

by The Guardian | Nov 23, 2024 | Academies, Education, Education policy, England, Local government, School funding, Schools, Special educational needs, The Guardian, UK news | 0 |

Local government ombudsman report into SEND in England offers damning assessment England’s special education system is failing, causing thousands of children to have their development put back by months or even years,...

Ministers pause plans to open 44 new state schools in England

by The Guardian | Oct 22, 2024 | Bridget Phillipson, Department for Education, Education, England, Free schools, Politics, School building programme, School funding, Schools, The Guardian, UK news | 0 |

Decision affects secondaries and primaries approved by previous government using its ‘free school’ application processUK politics live – latest updatesMinisters have paused plans to open 44 new state schools in...

Special needs funding claims in English schools ‘increasingly being refused’

by The Guardian | Oct 8, 2024 | Education, England, Local government, Politics, School funding, Schools, Society, Special educational needs, The Guardian, UK news | 0 |

Financial pressures mean many councils are reluctant to issue top-up funding from high-needs budgets, say expertsPupils with special educational needs in mainstream schools are increasingly being refused additional funding from...

Doubts grow over Labour’s VAT plan for private schools

by The Guardian | Oct 5, 2024 | Autumn budget 2024, Education, HMRC, Politics, Primary schools, Private schools, Rachel Reeves, School funding, Schools, Secondary schools, Tax, Tax and spending, The Guardian, UK news | 0 |

The Treasury refuses to confirm 1 January start date as unions, tax experts and school leaders say it is unworkableGovernment plans to impose VAT on private schools from 1 January next year may have to be delayed because of...

Private schools say drop in enrolments mainly due to impending VAT on fees

by The Guardian | Oct 4, 2024 | Department for Education, Education, Politics, Primary schools, Private schools, School admissions, School funding, Schools, Secondary schools, Tax and spending, The Guardian, UK news | 0 |

Survey by Independent Schools Council finds UK pupil numbers down 1.7% compared with 2023Private schools say the impending addition of VAT to school fees is a big factor in the drop in pupil numbers this year, ahead of the cost...

English pupil funding at same level as when Tories took power, study finds

by The Guardian | Jun 3, 2024 | Conservatives, Education, Education policy, England, Institute for Fiscal Studies, Politics, Primary schools, Public sector pay, Public services policy, School funding, Schools, Secondary schools, Society, Teaching, The Guardian, Trade unions, UK news | 0 |

Real-terms funding per pupil at 2010 levels, teacher pay at 2001 levels, and building investment 25% below mid-2000sSpending on each schoolchild’s education in England has suffered an unprecedented 14-year-freeze since the...

Teachers in England stretched by pupils’ mental and family problems, MPs say

by The Guardian | May 17, 2024 | Department for Education, Education, England, School funding, Schools, Teacher shortages, Teaching, The Guardian, UK news | 0 |

Education select committee concerned that excessive workload is driving teachers out of professionTeachers’ workloads are being increasingly stretched by their pupils’ mental health and family difficulties, according...

Hard-up English councils ration access to special needs tests

by The Guardian | Mar 24, 2024 | Austerity, Children, Education, Local government, Neurodiversity, Politics, School funding, Schools, Society, Special educational needs, The Guardian, UK news | 0 |

Many local authorities are increasingly rejecting requests to assess children who need help in schools, new data revealsCouncils are increasingly rejecting requests to assess children for special needs such as autism...

Category: School funding

VAT on private school fees is discriminatory, high court told

No exodus to state sector after VAT added to private school fees, say English councils

State school pupils in England may have to drop GSCE Latin after funding pulled

£100m spent in England on failed efforts to block children’s Send support

Children’s development ‘put back by years’ due to failure of special educational needs system

Ministers pause plans to open 44 new state schools in England

Special needs funding claims in English schools ‘increasingly being refused’

Doubts grow over Labour’s VAT plan for private schools

Private schools say drop in enrolments mainly due to impending VAT on fees

English pupil funding at same level as when Tories took power, study finds

Teachers in England stretched by pupils’ mental and family problems, MPs say

Hard-up English councils ration access to special needs tests

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