Schools must wait until May to find out their pupil premium funding allocations for the next financial year, the Department for Education has announced.
The Department for Education has updated its Free School Meal guidance setting out the expectations for councils to make equivalent food provision for children in out-of-school provision.
The government is investing £850 million for councils to create 60,000 new places for young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and in Alternative Provision (AP) in mainstream and special schools.
School catering association LACA has launched school breakfast provision guidance to assist its members in setting up and managing a successful breakfast service.