The government has always maintained it has
protected per pupil funding.
The party said it was
protecting per pupil spending in real terms so that teachers have the money they need to deliver great lessons.
We will increase it to # 55.3 bn by 2020, the same level of funding required to
protect per pupil funding in 2020.»
Not exact matches
David Cameron ruled out a real - terms increase in school spending, but promised to
protect per -
pupil spending.
The Conservative party says it would
protect school expenditure in cash terms
per pupil, whereas Labour says it would
protect school expenditure in real terms.
Of 1,696 secondary school
pupils surveyed, 81
per cent said that social media sites needed to do more to
protect young users from inappropriate or harmful content.
They found that despite the relaunch of the government's Prevent duty in 2015, which helped organisations
protect pupils from radicalisation and extremism, many people did not know what it was with 26
per cent saying they had never heard of it.
Ministers maintain they have
protected funding by ensuring the cash
per -
pupil it hands to schools remains static.
The Lib Dems also want to end cuts to education by
protecting per -
pupil spending «in real terms, including in further education».
The curriculum time
per pupil for arts subjects, which seems to have been relatively
protected until 2013, has been declining ever since.
Use one day of
protected time
per week to deliver Uni Pathways, supporting
pupils with their exam grades and university qualifications.
On school funding, the prime minister promised to
protect «flat cash»
per pupil spending, but this would reduce in value with inflation.
David Cameron has promised a future Conservative government would
protect England's schools budget in cash terms, but
per pupil funding would not keep pace with inflation.
The free school meals budget has cost around # 600m each year - but the meals could be vulnerable as they are not part of the
per -
pupil schools budget, which is
protected.
The letter calls for
per -
pupil funding to be
protected in real terms, as well as a reversal of the # 600m cut to the education services grant, and a commitment to «sufficient funding» for sixth forms.
A spokesman for the Department for Education said: «We're
protecting the schools budget in cash terms
per pupil, introducing a
pupil premium for disadvantaged
pupils, and putting money directly into heads» hands.
What's next: The government has again vowed to
protect cash spending
per pupil although no details have been revealed.
When the
pupil premium is included, ministers have
protected per -
pupil spending in cash terms until 2015 - but have admitted some schools will see their budgets drop.
The bill
protects some school districts in areas with high property wealth and
per -
pupil spending from seeing general aid deductions in the school funding formula in cases where voters approve capital projects.
Although the amount schools receive
per -
pupil has been
protected in real terms by the government, rising payroll costs and other pressures are forcing leaders across England to cut their spending.
The Lib Dems would spend # 7bn to
protect per -
pupil funding, to be partly funded by staying in the EU single market.
The government's decision to
protect school funding only in flat cash terms
per pupil leaves schools facing a real - term cut of # 3 billion by 2020, according to the National Audit Office (NAO).
The overall budget is
protected against inflation, but the NAO report says that rising numbers of
pupils will mean schools will face cuts in real - terms
per -
pupil income.