School funding in England needs to be shaken up to improve fairness and transparency, according to the people running the majority of the country’s schools.
New research from the Confederation of School Trusts, the national sector body and membership organisation for school trusts, has found that the current complex system of school funding falls short of what is needed to support pupils.
Funding is too unpredictable, is not calculated against the actual costs facing schools, and has failed to keep up with moves to a trust-led system.
Following extensive consultation with academy trust leaders - who now run more than half of the country’s schools.
