Deprived schools in England ‘getting less money after funding overhaul’

Commons report says changes have resulted in per-pupil funding increasing for better-off schools

Minister are being urged to pause their education funding reforms after it emerged they have resulted in less money for the most deprived schools and more for the better off, according to a parliamentary report.

The redistribution follows the introduction of the government’s national funding formula in 2018-19 to make the funding of England’s schools more fair and transparent.

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