Sentences with phrase «schools over the next parliament»

It is also less than what was pledged by Labour, which wants to spend an additional # 6.3 billion on schools over the next parliament, including plans to extend universal free school lunches to all primary pupils.

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- GDP per capita is still lower than it was before the recession - Earnings and household incomes are far lower in real terms than they were in 2010 - Five million people earn less than the Living Wage - George Osborne has failed to balance the Budget by 2015, meaning 40 % of the work must be done in the next parliament - Absolute poverty increased by 300,000 between 2010/11 and 2012/13 - Almost two - thirds of poor children fail to achieve the basics of five GCSEs including English and maths - Children eligible for free school meals remain far less likely to be school - ready than their peers - Childcare affordability and availability means many parents struggle to return to work - Poor children are less likely to be taught by the best teachers - The education system is currently going through widespread reform and the full effects will not be seen for some time - Long - term youth unemployment of over 12 months is nearly double pre-recession levels at around 200,000 - Pay of young people took a severe hit over the recession and is yet to recover - The number of students from state schools and disadvantaged backgrounds going to Russell Group universities has flatlined for a decade

The Liberal Democrats have said that they will invest nearly # 7bn more in schools and Colleges over the next parliament.

The report suggested that «There are likely to be some significant cost pressures on schools» spending over the next parliament.

The Institute of Fiscal Studies estimates that schools in the UK will face up to 12 per cent real term cuts over the next Parliament while forecasts suggest pupil numbers will increase by seven per cent, a result of rising immigration and higher birth rates over the next five years.

The government says it put # 5bn into creating new places in the last parliament and would spend another # 7bn over the next six years in response to the steep rise in pupil numbers now affecting both primary and secondary school.

The government said it had doubled funding for school places to # 5bn during the last parliament, creating half a million new school places since May 2010, with a further # 7bn committed to create more places over the next six years.

The Conservatives pledged last week to increase the school budget by # 4 billion in real - terms over the next parliament.

This is on top of an additional # 4.8 billion in school revenue funding pledged over the course of the next parliament.

In their pre-election manifesto, the Conservatives pledged to protect school funding in cash terms during this parliament, but we know this translates to a real - terms reduction over the next few years.

Before the election David Cameron pledged to open 500 more over the next Parliament but high - profile failures, such as Durham Free School and Discovery New School, were both closed within an academic year.

# 7 billion over the next parliament to provide good school places # 4.691 billion was allocated for new places between 2015 - 16 and 2016 - 17.

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.