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The Budget and School Funding

Part of the series Need to Know Updates, from the Teachers TV video archive.

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Summary

A look at what the coalition government's 2010 Budget means for education, including the pupil premium and how it could affect schools.

Luke Sibieta of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, Lindsey Wharmby, a school funding expert, and Mary Bousted of the ATL discuss the pupil premium, where schools are given a financial incentive for taking on child from a disadvantaged background.

Presenter Mike Baker asks whether the change, promised in both the Conservative and Liberal Democrat manifestos, might lead to the introduction of a national funding formula.

Mike visits Bishop Challoner School in Tower Hamlets, where headteacher Catherine Myers OBE talks about what level of pupil premium would make a difference, and how the school would use the extra money.

Mike also looks at what the budget means for capital spending and the Building Schools for the Future programme.

Related links (3)

Pupil Premium: Assessing the options
The Institute of Fiscal Studies examines the proposals for a pupil premium and analyses the impact it might have
DirectGov: Details of what the budget means to you
Details of the coalition's first Budget
Department of Education: Budget news
The government's education announcements are listed here
  • Duration: 7 mins
  • No Subtitles
  • Published: 24 June 2010