NEU comment on Government's data release on school funding

Commenting on the latest school funding data announcements from Government, Dr Mary Bousted, Joint General Secretary of the National Education Union, said: 

"We welcome the Government’s belated attempt to show comparable data on school funding. However it is a great pity that the data is only available at a national level when there is so much variation at school and local authority level. This makes the Government's school funding website very little use to a parent wanting to understand the impact on their child’s school. 

"We regret that the Government have not included their own measure of school costs in making comparisons year on year. These school costs are running significantly ahead of inflation. When school costs are factored in, 83% of schools will have less per pupil than they did in 2015. If parents want to know the truth about their school’s budget position they should go to www.schoolcuts.org.uk not this pale imitation."