According to the latest report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), the government’s new National Funding Formula will deliver funding increases of between three and four percentage points less to schools in poorer areas than to those in more affluent areas up to 2021.
The Annual Report on Spending in England states: “These patterns run counter to the objective of levelling up poorer regions of the country and will make it harder to address the educational challenges and inequalities resulting from Covid-19.
“In response, only the new £250 million National Tutoring Programme is targeted at more deprived schools, representing just 0.5 per cent of school funding.”
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