State-funded primary and secondary schools in England are set to lose out on £1 billion of funding by 2030 driven by a projected drop in pupil numbers, researchers warn.
A report by the Education Policy Institute (EPI) on the effects of falling school rolls has found that all regions will experience a decrease in primary school funding between 2023/24 and 2029/30, with the North East projected to experience the largest decrease of 9%.
The East of England is projected to have the smallest decrease of 1.2%.
Secondary funding is set to overtake primary funding in 2026/27, however, both primary and secondary funding will see a downwards trend, the report adds.
