The level of savings the government expects schools to make are unrealistic and putting teaching standards at risk, a CIPFA academies conference has heard.
Conservative and Liberal Democrat plans would mean a real-terms freeze for education funding per pupil for 16 to 18 year olds, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
Conservative plans to provide free breakfast for every primary school pupil have been undercosted by millions, the Education Datalab think-tank has warned.
Labour has promised to write off the student fees of any university starters this autumn as part of its bid to lift £38bn worth of debt from student’s shoulders.
Teaching unions have called on every candidate in the general election to pledge to address the “funding crisis” which they claim will costs schools £3bn a year by 2020.
Senior Conservative MPs have called on Theresa May to pull the plug on major changes to school funding before the snap election, a newspaper has reported.
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School spending is set to fall more steeply in real terms than at any time since the 1970s if the current government’s spending plans remain unchanged, the Institute of Fiscal Studies has said.
More than 70 schools across Scotland have been found to be suffering similar defects to those that closed 17 Private Finance Initiative schools in Edinburgh last year.
Teaching unions have urged the government to “sit up and listen” on education funding, after a new survey revealed half of schools have turned to parents for financial support.
