A Department for Education spokesman said:
“This government is providing the biggest uplift to school
funding in a decade – £14 billion in total over the three years
to 2022-23. This includes a £7.1 billion increase in funding for
schools by 2022-23, compared to 2019-20 funding levels.
“Next year, funding through the schools national funding formula
(NFF) is increasing by 2.8% per pupil compared to 2021-22. The
NFF continues to distribute this fairly, based on the needs of
schools and their pupil cohorts.”
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
- We invested £23bn in the school estate from 2016-17 to
2020-21 to deliver new school places, rebuild or refurbish
buildings in the worst condition and deliver thousands of
condition projects across the school estate. In addition, we are
investing a total of £5.6 billion of capital funding to support
the education sector this year.
- Secondary schools will get an average of £6,150 per pupil
including premises while primary schools will get an average of
£4,800 per pupil including premises as Government funding
increases continue. This is an increase of £120 for each child in
primary school and £160 per pupil at secondary compared to
2021-22.
- Evidence shows that pupils with additional needs are more
likely to fall behind and need extra support to reach their full
potential. This is why the NFF allocates 17% (£6.7bn) of all
funding through additional needs factors based on deprivation,
low prior attainment, English as an additional language and
mobility. The total amount allocated through the deprivation
factors are increasing by £225 million, or 6.7%, in 2022-23.
- We have also committed to an ambitious, long-term education
recovery plan, investing over £3 billion and significantly
expanding our tutoring programme to support children and young
people to make up for learning lost during the pandemic. Our
press release on catch-up is available here: Huge expansion of
tutoring in next step of education recovery - GOV.UK
(www.gov.uk).
