Nursery World - Primary review: 'Inequality' in school funding

Primary schools should receive funding that is equal to secondary school budgets, according to the Primary Review.

The latest round of reports, published by the Cambridge University-basedreview on 29 February, tackled funding, governance and administration,quality assurance, and the impact of reform.

Research briefing 10/1, The Funding of English Primary Education, foundthat school expenditure per primary pupil had risen substantially inrecent years, but the spending gap between primary and secondary pupilshad grown since 2002/03.

Co-author Anne West, from the London School of Economics, said,'Children aged 11 are getting more money than children aged ten. Thereisn't a good educational reason for older children getting more thanyounger children. In fact, early achievement is a big predictor of laterachievement. The inequality is historically rooted but it does not needto be as persistent as it is.

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