Schools budgets; “to escape cuts”. What exactly will that mean???

“Ministers……..are to claim schools will be protected from across-the-board cuts”

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11556767

That’s not exactly a promise that schools will not escape cuts, is it?

It’s the effect of the proposed “pupil premium” which is said will provide extra spending on the most deprived children – but there may well be an 80,000 increase in school rolls due to immigration over the next 4 years. Nothing is clear…….yet. The spending review (next week) and the White Paper should be out soon to give more clarity.

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Schools budgets; “to escape cuts”. What exactly will that mean???

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