School Funding in England Since 2010 - What the key Evidence Tells Us

Over the past year, school funding has played a prominent role in education policy and debate.This report presents the findings from a review of key evidence documents on how recent changes to school funding have impacted on school spending in England.

The review appraises literature published from 2010 onward to examine how funding levels have changed overtime, how what funds are actually spent on has changed, and how educational outcomes appear to vary with expenditure. Within this there is a focus on how disadvantage pupils and schools with high proportions of disadvantaged pupils have been effected.