The government has announced schools will get a 1.9 per cent hike in per-pupil funding next year, despite official predictions inflation will hit double digits this autumn.
Unions accused the government of “returning to the bad days of austerity” and noted some schools face even lower rises, while funding for council education services will be frozen.
The government’s national funding formula will only offer a minimum “floor” increase of 0.5 per cent per pupil for local authority school budgets, down from 2 per cent last year, provisional funding documents say.
