Education
Spending on schools in England
Real-terms per pupil funding for schools stayed at roughly the same level from 2010/11 to 2015/16, and fell after that. Since 2017/18 it has flattened out. Read
Analysis
Academies and free schools
Fact checks focused on academies and maintained schools
Education
Academies and maintained schools: what do we know?
A look at the evidence on how academies perform compared to local authority schools. Read
Analysis
Education
Clash of the manifestos: the running of academies
Academies, including free schools, are directly accountable to the Secretary of State for Education, while all other state-funded schools are accountable to local authorities. Read
Analysis
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