There was arguably less incentive for local authorities, knowing the DfE would fund decent MAT - led schools, to fulfil their duties to meet the need for bums on seats; especially with the «500 free
schools over the course of a Parliament» target introduced by David Cameron.
According to Dr Allen all schools in underperforming neighbourhoods have «improved at a faster rate than other
schools over the course of parliament and there are all kinds of statistical reasons for that».
Not exact matches
«Justice Atuguba has seniority
over me because instead
of continuing straight from the fourth year as we used to call it,
of law
school, to the fifth year which is the professional year or rather the final part
of the professional
course, I broke and went to do my master's so when I came back they — my first classmates — had already been called to the bar so I was called to the bar with Ato Dadzie and that younger generation,» she told
parliament's Appointment Committee on Friday, 16 June when Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu asked her to clarify to the committee whether she or Justice Atuguba was senior to the other.
As a result, around two thirds
of primary
schools will see a real - terms cut in their budget
over the
course of this
parliament.
Even though
school spending has been protected
over the
course of this
parliament, the
school estate challenge remains huge and will continue to grow.
The IFS says that, taking those together with pressures «on other costs», it forecasts
school spending per pupil will fall by 8 per cent in real terms
over the
course of this
Parliament.
This is on top
of an additional # 4.8 billion in
school revenue funding pledged
over the
course of the next
parliament.
This is a change from the 2015 Conservatives» manifesto which pledged to open 500 new free
schools over the
course of the 2015 - 20
parliament — a target the government looked set to miss before the election was called.
The # 980 million for councils to create additional places in 2019 - 20 is part
of # 7 billion allocated
over the
course of this
parliament and is supposed to help the government reach its target
of creating 600,000 additional
school places 2021.
The government now says it will end up spending more than # 24 billion
over the
course of the
parliament on
school capital funding.
It launched in March 2017 and will play a vital role in supporting the department to meet this government's manifesto commitment to open 500 new
schools by 2020 - almost double the number
of free
schools opened
over the
course of the last
Parliament.
The total size
of the education budget is important,
of course, but heads and governors, parents and pupils, will be worrying about the money coming into their
school over the
course of the next
parliament.
According to the Institute for Fiscal Studies (ISF),
schools face average cuts
of 6.5 per cent
over the
course of this
parliament as a result
of rising cost pressures and frozen per - pupil funding.