Transparency data

Trends in school spending: 2002 to 2016

Analysis of schools’ spending between 2002 and 2016 academic years.

Applies to England

Documents

Trends in school spending: report

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Trends in school spending: supporting tables

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Trends in school spending: supporting dataset

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Details

Report and supporting data showing schools’ spending trends per pupil and in total on:

  • teachers
  • education staff
  • exam fees
  • education consultancy
  • supply staff

The report explains how we compiled a single time series of school spending data from August 2002 to July 2017.

We calculated spending on a per pupil basis. From 2012 onward, we combined the separate spending returns for local-authority-maintained schools and academies, which have some differences.

Updates to this page

Published 31 August 2018
Last updated 18 December 2018 + show all updates
  1. Added 'Trends in school spending: supporting tables' and 'Trends in school spending: supporting dataset'. Changed title of 'Trends in school spending: 2002 to 2016' to 'Trends in school spending: report'.

  2. First published.

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