Last month, the government announced a £4bn package of investment for schools until 2022/23, as part of its latest spending review. This includes £700m extra for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) for 2020/21.
But the IFS says the increase, of £4.3bn in real terms, will only reverse a reduction of eight per cent in spending per pupil since 2009, which it describes as "an unprecedented period without growth".
The government has also pledged an extra £300m in spending on further education for next year.
However, the IFS says that this leaves colleges and sixth forms £1.1bn short of what they need to even reverse cuts since 2010.
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