Schools and colleges in the 2025 spending review

Funding, Pay, Recruitment, Reports, Subject and skills shortages

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Schools and colleges in the 2025 spending review

Date: 2025

Author/s: Sibieta, L., Snape, D. and Tahir, I

Keywords: Funding; secondary schools; shortage subjects

Summary:

This IFS briefing contextualises government funding decisions for schools and colleges ahead of the 2025 Spending Review. The report notes that mainstream school funding per pupil was set to rise by 5.8% (including teacher and support staff pay rises), discusses the adequacy of funding for achieving recruitment and retention targets, and notes that additional teachers are particularly needed in secondary schools with shortages in maths, science and languages.

Reference: Sibieta, L., Snape, D. and Tahir, I. (2025). Schools and colleges in the 2025 spending review. Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)

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