Finance

An examination into how England's education budget is divided

Find out how England's education budget is divided between competing priorities and distributed to individual schools, in this video for headteachers on finance, performance and management. Economist and broadcaster Liam Halligan bakes a giant cake to represent the £72bn 2005/06 education budget, and slices the cake to demonstrate how the money is shared out. Halligan is eventually reduced to putting crumbs on plates to indicate the few thousand pounds left over for school departments. The video asks whether good education is dependent on a big budget, and explores how one inner-city secondary school managed to double its GCSE pass rate without any extra government cash.

Economics of Education

How far should schools go to raise funds?

Should a cash-strapped school accept sponsorship from a fast-food company, or a firm employing child labour in the developing world? What are the least painful cuts to be made to a school budget that needs slashing by 20 per cent? The late professor Ted Wragg chairs the debate, with our panel of educational experts exploring issues arising from taking tough financial decisions to keep a school solvent. Our panel includes: &nbsp; <ul> <li>Rachel Macfarlane, head of Walthamstow School for Girls</li> <li>Sir Michael Wilshaw, head of Mossbourne Community Academy</li> <li>Bill Simmonds, chief executive of the National Bursars Association</li> <li>Sir Frank Lowe, sponsor of Capital City Academy</li> </ul> For more information about this programme, visit the resources and support materials page.

Financial Crisis

Three governors learn about their legal responsibilities

In this programme, we follow three new governors as they complete challenges designed to help them get to grips with their legal responsibilities. Governance expert Judy Burgess explains how important it is for governors to familiarise themselves with the legal responsibilities of a school governor, as our governors learn how to cope with a number of key tasks. In addition to their many other responsibilities, our governors discover how they are also responsible for health and safety, special needs and finance.

Know your Responsibilities

Discussion of the ongoing class divide in British education

Despite all best efforts, Britain continues to have one of the greatest class divides in education in the industrialised world. The socio-economic attainment gap is evident as early as 22 months, and widens as a child gets older. There has also been no improvement in the number of poor children going to university. Jonathan Dimbleby is joined by a panel of experts and an informed audience to debate education's biggest failure. Can education help to bridge the class divide, or does it only make it worse?

Professional Development for Quality Teaching

Whole school

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Economics of Education

Financial Crisis

Know your Responsibilities

The Poverty Gap