Looked-After Child Education Cost Recoupment Rules Updated (England, July 2026)
The Department for Education updated guidance on how local authorities recoup education costs for looked-after children placed across authority borders.
The Department for Education updated guidance on how local authorities recoup education costs for looked-after children placed across authority borders.
The Ministry of Education extended the PDDE Equidade adhesion deadline to 2026-07-03. The extension affected eligible public schools and municipal networks seeking supplementary funds.
MŠMT issued Addendum No. 1 to the VCŠ 2026/1 grant call for schools and school facilities established by registered churches or religious societies. The addendum responds to the new legal duty to provide a teaching assistant in qualifying first-grade basic school classes from 1 September 2026.
Lucerne and its municipalities agreed on a transitional arrangement for standard costs for school properties for 2026 and 2027. The arrangement addresses a dispute over how the canton contributes to school building space costs under the compulsory school operating-cost model.
MOE allowed regular school bus operators to impose a temporary fuel surcharge of up to 20 percent on fares for July and August 2026 because of elevated fuel prices. Students on the MOE Financial Assistance Scheme are protected from higher out-of-pocket school bus costs through additional subsidies.
The Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles issued the 2026-2027 rentrée circular for part-time arts education. The change removes the previous under-12 fee exemption and applies an enrolment fee to younger pupils.
TETFund awarded ₦7.5 billion in National Research Fund grants to 174 research teams from tertiary institutions under the 2025 cycle. The funded projects cover areas such as health, agriculture, education, energy, science and engineering, defence, technology, environmental sustainability, and gender inclusion.
Geneva’s finance document records approval of a CHF 916,716 credit for Secondary II staffing needs at the 2026 start. The credit funds 16 additional full-time-equivalent posts for five months in 2026.
Nigeria reported the disbursement of more than ₦13 billion in interest-free loans to 7,450 academic and non-academic staff across 153 public tertiary institutions. The disbursement was part of the 2025/2026 Tertiary Institutions Staff Support Fund cycle.
Thailand’s cabinet approved a draft royal decree extending tax incentives for donations to education institutions through the e-Donation system. The measure covers donations made from 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2027.