Handing the expenditure settlement to parliament, Chancellor George Osborne also told MPs that the total schools budget will rise from £35bn to £39bn over the forthcoming spending period. This will be a real terms increase of 0.1 per cent each year of the spending review including a £2.5bn pupil premium.
He added that funding for education and training places for 16- to 19-year-olds would be increased.
"Even as pupil numbers greatly increase, we will ensure the cash funding per pupil does not fall," he said.
"The resource money for schools, the money that goes to the classroom – on the broadest definition, including all the main grants, will go up in real terms every year."
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