National Reports

· Latest annual survey of headteachers and other school leaders about school funding and use of pupil premium funds. Responses paint a picture of budgets that are overstretched: 33% headteachers report using pupil premium to plug gaps in general funds; more primaries report funding insufficiency (68%) than secondaries (47%).  https://www.suttontrust.com/our-research/school-funding-and-pupil-premium-2022/.       

Research

· Survey about leadership of the education system for LA leaders, MAT leaders and heads, from the Education Policy Institute. You might want to complete it yourself and also share with your heads and leaders of local MATs. https://epi.org.uk/publications-and-research/which-school-groups-are-most-successful-and-why-epi-seeks-school-leaders-views/