Schools need # 2 billion a year extra funding to restore real
terms per pupil funding to 2015 - 16 levels.
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).
Without the extra funds, the think - tank predicts school face a real -
terms per pupil reduction of 3 per cent by the end of the parliament.
Although school funding was maintained in real -
terms per pupil under the Coalition Government, all additional funding was provided via the Pupil Premium, targeted at particular pupils and therefore distributed unevenly.2 Many schools had to use Pupil Premium funding simply to plug the gaps caused by cuts in the value of other funding.
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.
Without the extra funds, the think - tank predicts that schools will face a real -
terms per pupil reduction of three per cent by the end of the parliament.
However, Kevin Courtney, chair of the National Union of Teachers (NUT), said that all schools in England will have less money in real
terms per pupil in 2020 than they do now.
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.
Not exact matches
The Spending Review admits as much as it only plans to maintain
per pupil funding in cash
terms.
«The Ethnic Minority Achievement Grant helps support the learning needs of some of the most vulnerable children in our schools yet the
per -
pupil value of the grants has been frozen in cash
terms.
In an article for the Guardian's Comment is Free site, the shadow education secretary Andy Burnham says the Treasury's green book shows the
pupil premium will «sit within» a schools budget that will see
per pupil funding falling in real
terms.
The thinktank calculates that the reality of the government's small real
terms increase in schools spending coupled with rising classroom numbers meant that spending
per pupil would fall by 2.25 % over the next four years.
David Cameron ruled out a real -
terms increase in school spending, but promised to protect
per -
pupil spending.
The net cost of these transitional arrangements is around # 290 million in 2019 --- 20, which temporarily boosts spending
per pupil by about 0.7
per cent in cash -
terms.
The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has counselled that spending
per pupil in schools in England is likely to fall by eight
per cent in real
terms over the next five years.
In percentage
terms, estimates of teacher salaries better approximated reality than did estimates of
per -
pupil expenditures.
Statistics show that the number of primary school
pupils suspended or given fixed
term exclusions for assaulting an adult increased by 25
per cent from 9,290 in 2012 - 1013 to 11,660 in 2013 - 14.
According to the report, schools are set to face real -
term reduction in spending
per pupil for the first time since the 1990s.
When a handful of students leave, these same line items cost more in
per -
pupil terms.
According to the unions, the average real
terms loss would be # 96,481, or # 401
per pupil, for primary schools and # 290,228, or # 365
per pupil, for secondaries.
The Education Policy Institute estimates that by 2019 - 2020 there are unlikely to be any schools in England which will avoid a real
terms cut in
per pupil funding, even in areas benefiting from the new formula.
The chart below tracks Michigan's K - 12 education funding in
terms of
per -
pupil spending.
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.
School spending
per pupil across England is expected to fall by at least seven
per cent in real -
terms between 2015 - 16 and 2019 - 20, according to a new report from the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS).
Amyas Morse, head of the National Audit Office, said: «Mainstream schools have to make # 3 billion in efficiency savings by 2019 - 20 against a background of growing
pupil numbers and a real -
terms reduction in funding
per pupil.
The research by IFS associate director Luke Sibieta shows that an extra # 1 billion would result in a freeze to
per -
pupil spending in real
terms in 2019 - 2020.
As for the latter, states must to find ways to get charter schools to a decent level of
per -
pupil funding, plus facilities funding, if not in comparison to traditional public schools then at least in
terms of real dollars.
The National Benchmarking Overview Report 2016 - 17 which is compiled by local authorities shows that, since 2010 - 11, real -
terms spending
per primary and secondary
pupil has fallen by 9.6
per cent and 2.9
per cent respectively, which translates as # 513 less
per primary
pupil and # 205 less
per secondary
pupil.
The situation is likely to get even worse, as it's predicted that 17,942 (nine out of ten) primary and secondary schools in England and Wales will be hit by a real -
terms cut in funding
per pupil between 2015 - 19.
He also added that
per -
pupil funding would fall in real
terms to «lower than the system has been used to over many years».
The average amount of money spent
per pupil by U.S. public schools has more than doubled in real
terms since 1970, and the number of
pupils per employed teacher has declined from 22 to 15.
«It doesn't mean real
terms protection
per pupil, and it doesn't mean protection for all elements of schools funding.»
«At a time when
pupil numbers in England are predicted to rise by 8
per cent over the next five years while budgets are simultaneously cut, it is now more important than ever that we support our existing teachers and offer them a fair deal in
terms of remuneration.»
The School Cuts website has updated its data, showing that 17,942 schools are facing real
terms cuts in funding
per pupil.
The Commission will examine factors that impact spending in education, including: school funding and distribution of State Aid; efficiency and utilization of education spending at the district level; the percentage of
per -
pupil funding that goes to the classroom as compared to administrative overhead and benefits; approaches to improving special education programs and outcomes while also reducing costs; identifying ways to reduce transportation costs; identifying strategies to create significant savings and long -
term efficiencies; and analysis of district - by - district returns on educational investment and educational productivity to identify districts that have higher student outcomes
per dollar spent, and those that do not.
Indeed, adjusted for inflation, the average amount spent annually
per pupil at the nation's district schools has approximately tripled since 1970 and yet the scores of 17 - year - olds on the Long -
Term Trend Assessments of the National Assessment of Educational Progress have remained flat.
«It will mean that the total schools budget will increase by # 2.6 bn between this year and 2019/20, and
per pupil funding will now be maintained in real
terms for the remaining two years of the spending review period to 2019/20,» Ms Greening said.
Per -
pupil education spending more than doubled in real
terms between 1970 and 2010.
«We're No. 1 in
terms of cost
per pupil by a factor of, worldwide, by a factor of many.
State and local revenues
per pupil fell in real
terms in 39 states.
For example, the average citizen is unlikely to know that the
term «current expenditures
per ADA» means «operating expenditures
per pupil as measured by average daily attendance.»
Since 1960, the
per -
pupil cost of public schooling has risen by 3 1/2 times in real - dollar
terms.
uk website has already shown that 99 % of schools in England will receive less money
per pupil in real
terms even after the implementation of the proposed NFF.
At special free schools, this difference is even more stark — 31.91
per cent of
pupils were given a fixed
term exclusion last year compared with national average of 13.54
per cent, and 11.97
per cent had more than one fixed
term exclusion (compared with 5.23
per cent).
Pupils in a secondary free school were more likely to be given a permanent exclusion in a secondary free school (0.21
per cent compared with 0.15
per cent nationally), given a fixed
term exclusion (8.21
per cent compared with 7.51
per cent) and to be given more than one fixed
term exclusion (4.69
per cent compared with 3.92
per cent).
uk which uses the DfE's forecasts for individual schools» funding
per pupil in cash
terms following the implementation of the proposed new funding formula, and the National Audit Office's predictions for cost increases facing schools, in order to produce forecasts for individual schools» funding
per pupil in real
terms compared to now.
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.
And even if it does, it would not alleviate Michigan's short -
term school finance ills, which includes a budget cut of $ 165
per pupil this academic year.
Last year, an inquiry by the parliamentary women and equalities committee found that 29
per cent of 16 - to 18 - year - old girls had experienced unwanted sexual touching at school, and 71
per cent of
pupils that age regularly heard
terms such as «slut» used towards girls.
Jon, AF pays its teachers about 10 % more than their host district pays its teachers on average, spends slightly less total $ $ on a
per pupil basis, and academically outperforms its host districts by wide margins in
terms of standardized tests in reading, writing, and math, graduation rates, and college entrance.