CST has made a submission to HM Treasury on behalf of the sector ahead of the upcoming Spring Budget.

Overview of how the Government's Autumn Statement affects school trusts, including direct and indirect changes.

A briefing note to members on publication of revised schools national funding formula figures for the 2024/5 academic year.

Early years funding - extension of the entitlements

A summary of school funding information for the 2023/24 academic year, including links to key Department of Education publications. Information updated December 2023.

CST has released its 2023 salary benchmarking report in conjunction with partners XpertHR and Browne Jacobson.

Following our recent cost pressures survey, Susan Fielden (CST Trust and School Funding Policy Specialist) shares her analysis of the results and the budgeting assumptions being made by member trusts.

In advance of the detailed publication of the formula to be used to distribute the additional Autumn Statement funding to schools, Susan Fielden, our Trust and School Funding Policy Specialist, has shared her insights which we hope will help.

A summary of school funding information for the 2022/23 academic year, including links to key Department of Education publications.
Information updated on 16 December 2022.

Following the Chancellor's Autumn Statement, CST's Trust and School Funding Policy Specialist, Susan Fielden, reflects on what we learnt from the statement - and poses seven areas of interest for the sector to consider.