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FUNDING WATCH STORY OF THE MONTH SCHOOL SPENDING MOVES
PUPIL PREMIUM FUNDING GETS BIGGER BOOST THAN EVER
The Government is increasing its Pupil Premium for 2014/2015 to £1, 300 – an increase of £400 per pupil and the biggest increase the initiative has ever seen. News of the extra funding has been largely welcomed, but some critics believe
the cash won’t make much of a difference unless it is spent effectively. Sir Peter Lampl, chairman of the Education Endowment Foundation, has warned teachers to look at evidence before deciding where to spend the extra cash. He said: “The extra money is welcome, but it is vital the Pupil Premium is
spent well, and used on measures that do most to improve results for our poorest pupils in primary schools.” Director of the British Educational Suppliers
FURTHER INTO RECOVERY
New research carried out by the British Educational Suppliers’ Association (BESA) shows encouraging signs of spending growth among schools. The organisation’s quarterly market
performance survey, which questioned 137 primary, 91 secondary schools and 66 sector suppliers, indicated a rise in expenditure in all the areas studied, including ICT, furniture and storage equipment. Spending in 2013/14 was
projected by schools to increase by an average of 2.7%, after growth of 2.3% in 2012/13, with primaries increasing 3.6% and secondary schools indicating an overall positive growth of two per cent. The research, carried out in
conjunction with the National Education Research Panel (NERP), highlighted a particular shift in ICT investment. In 2011/12, spending on ICT
products was forecast to decline by 5.4%. However spending in 2012/13 has been estimated to have increased by 2.1% and is projected to increase by 2.9% in 2013/14. Caroline Wright, director of BESA,
commented: “The research comes at a time of significant change within the education sector. The introduction of the new primary curriculum in September 2013 is driving demand in schools for aligned resources, schemes of work and teacher’s material. “It is heartening for the economy
that the findings of our quarterly survey show a positive and optimistic outlook by both schools and suppliers.”
Association, Caroline Wright, also welcomed the changes, but said the Government needed to do more by providing “a one-off cash injection into all schools to allow them to make the investment they need to finance the CPD and curriculum resources that are urgently needed to help ensure the delivery of the world-class curriculum that Michael Gove aspires to”. Shadow schools minister Kevin Brennan argued that
the Pupil Premium had so far only been used to plug holes in education funding, rather than to close the gap between rich and poor. He said: “It is right that we target extra support at disadvantaged pupils to help them succeed in school. But we will need to ensure support actually reaches those children. Because this government has inflicted the biggest cuts to education since the 1950s, many headteachers have so far had to use the Pupil Premium to plug holes in their budgets.”
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