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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Morgan Ofori

Most schools in England facing real-terms cuts since 2010 thanks to Tories, analysis shows

A classroom with a wall display featuring coloured paper; next to it is a doorway blocked off with red tape  and a sign reading ‘Raac ceiling, do not enter’.
A taped-off section inside Parks primary school in Leicester, which was affected by substandard Raac, as seen in November 2023. Photograph: Jacob King/PA

Almost three-quarters of schools in England are facing real-terms cuts since 2010 due to government funding decisions, analysis from a coalition of education unions has shown.

New data released from School Cuts suggests before the spring budget next month that £12.2bn of investment is needed to reverse the cuts 70% of English state-funded schools have faced in the last 14 years under the Conservatives.

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