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Spending Review: Increase in 'classroom spending' Spending Review: Increase in 'classroom spending'
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By Angela Harrison Education correspondent, BBC News
Schools in England are to get a real-terms increase in funding, the chancellor George Osborne has said.Schools in England are to get a real-terms increase in funding, the chancellor George Osborne has said.
The schools budget will rise from £35bn to £39bn for the next four years, he told MPs. The schools budget will rise from £35bn to £39bn for the next four years.
Educational Maintenance Grants - paid to encourage 16-to-19 year-olds to stay in school and training - are to be "replaced" with more "targeted support". But there will be a 60% cut in capital spending and Educational Maintenance Grants - paid to encourage 16-to-18 year-olds to stay in education - are being scrapped.
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills - is to be cut by 7.1%.The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills - is to be cut by 7.1%.
But details of expected cuts to university funding have not yet been revealed.But details of expected cuts to university funding have not yet been revealed.
Details just emerging from the Department for Education say that while the schools budget will increase, there will be a 3% cut in the department's "resource spending".Details just emerging from the Department for Education say that while the schools budget will increase, there will be a 3% cut in the department's "resource spending".
And the large cut expected in capital spending - largely through the scrapping of the Building Schools for the Future - has been confirmed.And the large cut expected in capital spending - largely through the scrapping of the Building Schools for the Future - has been confirmed.
The Department for Education says there will be a 60% cut in real terms in capital spending over the spending review period (four years).The Department for Education says there will be a 60% cut in real terms in capital spending over the spending review period (four years).
A total of £15.8bn is being set aside for capital spending for this time.A total of £15.8bn is being set aside for capital spending for this time.
This will be enough to "meet demographic pressures and to address maintenance needs", the deparment says.This will be enough to "meet demographic pressures and to address maintenance needs", the deparment says.
The government would rebuild or refurbish over 600 schools from the BSF and Academies programme, officials say.
The Sure Start scheme, which provides centres and services to families of young children, will continue.The Sure Start scheme, which provides centres and services to families of young children, will continue.
It will be protected "in cash terms", Mr Osborne said, and will focus on "its original remit".It will be protected "in cash terms", Mr Osborne said, and will focus on "its original remit".
This could suggest resources will be focused more closely on the most needy families. The Educational Maintenance Allowance - which can amount to up to £30 a week for poor 16-to 18-year-olds - is to be replaced with "targeted support for those who face genuine financial barriers to participation", the government says.
Councils in England have learned that they are facing an overall 7.1% cut in revenue.Councils in England have learned that they are facing an overall 7.1% cut in revenue.
Funds given to councils for schools will continue to be ring-fenced (will have to be spent on schools). Mr Osborne said the funds would be in the form of a "simplified schools grant". But funds given to councils for schools will continue to be ring-fenced (will have to be spent on schools), Mr Osborne said.
Education is devolved across the UK, but Mr Osborne said the funding mechanism for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland meant the "relative protection" of education would be passed on.Education is devolved across the UK, but Mr Osborne said the funding mechanism for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland meant the "relative protection" of education would be passed on.
Mr Osborne announced there would be "personalised budgets" for "special educational needs". Details were not given. The Chancellor announced there would be "personalised budgets" for "special educational needs". Details were not given.
And he said there would be a big increase in apprenticeships - a rise of 50% on previous government's target.
This would create 75,000 new apprenticeships a year by the end of the review period, he said.
Tough choices
The general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders Brian Lightman said: "We welcome the commitment to education in the Chancellor's speech today and the priority that has been given to protecting education funding."
"The true impact on education won't be clear until more detail emerges over the coming weeks and months. Schools will be better off than many of the public services, but a real terms increase of .4 per cent over the next four years means that schools will need to make tough choices on spending.
"The financial outlook for post-16 is much more worrying and decisions made over the next few weeks will be important to protecting the education of young people in colleges."