«At the extremes, the pupil premium in the local authority with the lowest total funding per pupil (Wokingham) is about two - and - a-half times greater than the value of the pupil premium in the local authority with the highest
level of funding per pupil (Tower Hamlets).»
The impact of inflation, and extra costs such as higher employer NI and pension contributions, means that the actual value
of funding per pupil in real - terms will fall by as much as 8 per cent or more.
It could also follow that, to the extent that a certain level of funding is required to guarantee a high - quality education, the value of the state voucher must not fall below the constitutionally required
level of funding per pupil.
As a minimum, parents, heads and governors could reasonably ask that every school receives, over the life of this parliament, a core level
of funding per pupil, sufficient to deliver a good standard of education.