Education Budget Cuts.

[Tilly2]

This is an interesting website which shows how the schools in your area are, or have been, affected by the recent changes in Education budgeting.

I find it very depressing.


https://www.schoolcuts.org.uk/#!/

[albaqwerty]

is this only in England?
tried to find a few schools near me, but nothing came up.

[fiction-factory]

I'm not sure how they arrive at that Tilly, but given that it's come from a campaign group i think i'd want to see the actual figures. I know some schools I work in send letters to parents basically telling them that teh funding needs to be improved an dpress your MP or remember this in elections, but I suspect most get turned into paper aeroplanes or rest at the bottom of a school bag.
I understood the amount was supposed to be the same but allocated in a different way which always leads to winners and losers. Does anyone have a link to teh actual figures? I do think though that although spending may have gone up pupil numbers have increased more quickly (especially of non- English speakers) and budgets haven't reflected that

[albaqwerty]

so, it's UK wide then?
still can't find anything to do with local schools in Scotland.

jeez
Would some posters please put which flipping country they are moaning about?

[fiction-factory]

Sounds quite complicated- cuts by 2020 (so is it aggregating 3 years' worth of cuts?)a nd assumes a rate of inflation for school costs which is higher than that used for calculating inflated funding levels, etc. Will read later.
https://www.schoolcuts.org.uk/#!/method

[Tilly2]

FF, the data is available under the 'About' tab at the top.

Sorry, Alba. This relates to England and wales.

[fiction-factory]

This is England and Wales. The more you look the more complex it becomes. With anything like this you can choose a baseline to suit your purposes- in this case they have used 2015 when spending was relatively generous (nothing to do with election surely) and then forecast spending by 2020. They ahve also adjusted figures for pupil numbers 9fair enough) so although spending overall may have gone up they can say it has really gone down (per pupil). it's only based on core costs too- 75% of expenditure) so we really need to know about the other 25% . I assume they include pension costs which must be a big factor. But however you look at it it is clear that schools are under real pressure, particularly in inner cities where language is a real issue now in my experience so extra resources (translators etc) are needed.

[albaqwerty]

any education cuts are disgraceful.
Where on earth does any government think they are going to get their next scientist/surgeon/teacher from if they cut back on educating the young?

[fiction-factory]

Lots of crossed posts here. Inevitable when we're typing long posts whilst making the evening meal (I could have said marking books but that would be lying tonight)

[albaqwerty]

blooming heck!!
Translators needed for schools?!

There was a thread on here, not so long ago, about a translator needed at NHS hospital - £90 an hour !!

[fiction-factory]

The governemnt would say they are not cuts though, alba- they say they are increasing spending to record levels and have done every year.

[fiction-factory]

Schools tranlators will be teaching assistants on a tenth of that who can speak some Slovakian, Romanian, Arabic etc, but as they spend more time on that it means other pupils get less support unless the school gets more TAs

[Tilly2]

From a personal point of view, the little school at which I volunteer can no longer afford to use the pupil premium to find the charity for which I volunteer. The new formula has resulted in an overall loss of funding for each pupil and, as a consequence, they have had to cut back on support for the less able pupils.