Fact checks on educational funding, costs per pupil, reported record levels and school meal funding
Education
The IFS, National Audit Office, Education Policy Institute and Public Accounts Committee all agree that real per-pupil spending in schools will be reduced in the next few years. Read
Education
The Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition clash over whether the budget for English schools has been cut. Read
Education
You can look at the schools budget in terms of the actual cash that’s being spent, the value of that cash after prices have risen, and how it divides per pupil. Read
Education
The National Audit Office has said that although overall spending on schools will increase between 2014/15 and 2019/20, increasing pupil numbers and staff costs mean they will need to spend 8% less pe Read
Education
It’s correct that grammar school pupils entitled to free school meals are one in a thousand. Read
Education
As teachers walk out, we investigate whether the schools budget is being cut or not. Read
Education
David Cameron and Jeremy Corbyn clashed in Parliament on what’s been happening to funding for further education colleges and sixth forms. Read
Education
An analysis of the claim by the Shadow Education Secretary Lucy Powell that the Conservatives have overseen the deepest cuts to post-16 education ever. Read
Education
In the midst of the row over free school funding, we take a look at some of the claims being made. Read
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