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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 | 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. | The schools budget will rise from £35bn to £39bn for the next four years. |
| But universities in England are to face a 40% cut to their teaching budgets and colleges a 25% cut. | |
| And there will be a 60% cut in capital spending and Educational Maintenance Allowances - paid to encourage 16-to-18 year-olds to stay in education - are being scrapped. | |
| The teaching budget for England's universities will fall from £7.1bn to £4.2bn per year - a big reduction - but one which is lower than had been predicted by universities. | |
| The cuts will fall largely on the humanities because the government had already promised to protect science, technology and maths. | The cuts will fall largely on the humanities because the government had already promised to protect science, technology and maths. |
| Overall, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BiS) is to be cut by 7.1%. | |
| Further education is also facing heavy cuts. | |
| BiS is reducing its overall budget for further education for over 18s by 25% over four years, with colleges "expected to make savings including through greater efficiencies and pay restraint". | |
| Details emerging from the Department for Education say that while the schools budget will increase, there will be 12% cut in the department's non-schools budget. | Details emerging from the Department for Education say that while the schools budget will increase, there will be 12% cut in the department's non-schools budget. |
| This includes areas such as youth services, early years, sixth forms as well as teenage pregnancies and drugs awareness. | This includes areas such as youth services, early years, sixth forms as well as teenage pregnancies and drugs awareness. |
| Overall, the department will save 3% in real terms by 2014-15. | Overall, the department will save 3% in real terms by 2014-15. |
| 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, it has been announced. | A total of £15.8bn is being set aside for capital spending for this time, it has been announced. |
| This will be enough to "meet demographic pressures and to address maintenance needs", the department says. | This will be enough to "meet demographic pressures and to address maintenance needs", the department says. |
| The government will rebuild or refurbish over 600 schools from the BSF and Academies programme, officials say. | The government will 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". |
| The Educational Maintenance Allowance - which can amount to up to £30 a week for poor 16-to 18-year-olds - is being scrapped. | The Educational Maintenance Allowance - which can amount to up to £30 a week for poor 16-to 18-year-olds - is being scrapped. |
| It will be replaced with "targeted support for those who face genuine financial barriers to participation", the government says. | It will be replaced with "targeted support for those who face genuine financial barriers to participation", the government says. |
| This is understood to mean that the new payment will be directed at the most needy among those who currently get the allowance. | This is understood to mean that the new payment will be directed at the most needy among those who currently get the allowance. |
| The Education Secretary Michael Gove said: "The size of the deficit means we have had to make tough decisions. | |
| "There will be many savings across the department but the coalition government is committed to improving education for all. That's why we're protecting the frontline, handing power to teachers and introducing a pupil premium for the poorest." | |
| 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. |
| But funds given to councils for schools will continue to be ring-fenced (will have to be spent on schools), Mr Osborne said. | 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. |
| The Chancellor 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. | 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. | This would create 75,000 new apprenticeships a year by the end of the review period, he said. |
| Tough choices | 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 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 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." | "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." |
| Professor Steve Smith, President of Universities UK, said: "Today's cuts to the higher education budget cannot be good news for our economy or society. | |
| "We are pleased that the government has listened to Universities UK's views on the importance of science and research to the growth of the economy, and that this is recognised in the protection of the research budget in cash terms. This is a vote of confidence in a vitally important area at this critical time. | |
| "However, the freezing of funding for research will still pose challenges to our universities. | |
| "Universities will continue to do all they can to minimise the impact of any cuts on the front-line services they deliver." | |
| College principals said the latest cuts to the sector - 25% - were "not as dire" as they had expected. | |
| Assistant Chief Executive of the Association of Colleges, Julian Gravatt, said: "There is no escaping the fact that the next few years will be extremely difficult and there are some real challenges ahead, but colleges are resilient and will find ways of making the best possible use of the funding available". | |
| Christine Blower, general secretary of the National Union of Teachers, said the cuts would have a "devastating impact on vital public services including education". | |
| The chancellor' s speech had left many questions answered, she said. | |
| "The government may talk about protecting schools, but schools are not protected and nor are local authorities," she said. | |
| "Attacks are already being made on additional education funding outside of the core schools budget, with vital front line services to schools already under threat. | |
| "Teachers are faced with a pay freeze and cuts to pensions which mean they have to work longer for less." |