Leaves are falling. I feel like hibernating. And the chancellor is up for speaking. Nothing says autumn like an Autumn Statement.
Autumn Statements are chances to tweak, not transform. Unlike the Comprehensive Spending Review (where more radical, long-term ideas can be taken forward), these statements tend not to be too disruptive to departmental spending plans. Unless the post-election government is in the mood for ripping them up and starting again, the spending commitments in this Wednesday’s statement will last until at least 2025.
As a member of the Fair Education Alliance, CfEY is proud to support their calls for the statement to announce increased investment in early years and schools. Our 2022 Levelling Up Tutoring report called for a one-year funding extension to the National Tutoring Programme, and we believe that a final year of national subsidy is still justified and necessary. We are also starting some urgent work on the longer-term future of tutoring beyond the programme (DM me if you are interested).
