«The NASUWT has warned repeatedly that the Government's failure to protect school budgets in real - terms since 2010 would lead inevitably to the Pupil Premium being absorbed into school budgets to assist schools in making ends meet. (politics.co.uk)
Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, said: «The NASUWT warned at the outset when the Pupil Premium was first introduced that, in the context of the Coalition's savage austerity measures and its failure to protect school budgets despite its claims to the contrary, this funding would inevitably end up being absorbed into school budgets as the cuts bit. (politics.co.uk)
While protecting the schools budget is to be welcomed, political parties have not made an explicit commitment to protect school expenditure in either the early years or post-16. (theconversation.com)