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The state of education : what awaits the next government?

Farquharson, Christine; McKendrick, Andrew; Ridpath, Nick; … - 2024

In this report, we analyse the current state of the education system in England and set out the key challenges that the …'s education system does well in terms of student performance, and young people's skills have held up better through the COVID-19 … pandemic than in many comparable countries. But there are substantial inequalities in attainment at every stage of education …

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What has happened to college teacher pay in England?

Sibieta, Luke; Tahir, Imram - 2023

In the last few months, there has been a series of strikes by teachers in further education colleges across England … over pay and conditions, and more strikes look set to impact the post-16 education sector this year. With inflation at … analysis on pay focuses on the roughly 50,000 teachers in general further education colleges across England, so does not …

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Early years spending update : the impact of inflation

Drayton, Elaine; Farquharson, Christine - 2022

spending on early childhood education and care has changed over the last two decades. Overall spending on the early years in …

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Council and school funding

Ogden, Kate; Phillips, David; Sibieta, Luke - 2023

After health, funding for Scottish councils is the second largest item in the Scottish Government's Budget. In the original 2022-23 budget as passed by the Scottish Parliament, the Scottish Government allocated £10.6 billion to councils as part of the main local government portfolio, with...

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Tax, private school fees and state school spending

Sibieta, Luke - 2023

The Labour party has proposed a package of policies to remove tax exemptions from private schools. Most importantly in revenue terms, it has proposed levying VAT on private school fees. The revenue raised would then be used to increase state school spending and would be targeted at pupils from...

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Higher long-term interest rates and the cost of student loans

Ogden, Kate; Ridpath, Nick; Waltmann, Ben - 2024

The debate around funding student loans has largely focused on what share of student loans will be repaid, and what share of the cost will need to be picked up by the taxpayer. Much less attention has been paid to the government cost of financing student loans that do get repaid. In this report,...

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Higher education spending

Ogden, Kate; Thomas, Madeline - 2024

How much does the Scottish Government spend on higher education, and what challenges does it face on university funding …

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Annual report on education spending in England ; 6.2023

Drayton, Elaine; Farquharson, Christine; Ogden, Kate; … - 2023

Our sixth annual report on education spending shows changes over time across different stages of education, as well as …

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Socio-economic inequality in Scottish education

Lester, James; McKendrick, Andrew; Sibieta, Luke - 2023

The next wave of Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) data will be published in December 2023. This will relate to PISA tests taken in 2022, the first wave of data after the COVID-19 pandemic. In advance of these new data, this report seeks to take stock of performance to date...

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Investment in training and skills

Tahir, Imran - 2023

The UK has seen a significant decline in investment in adult education and training. This chapter analyses how the …

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