

What are current levels of spending in schools and colleges and how have they been affected by rising cost pressures?
Authors

Luke Sibieta
Research Fellow
Luke is a Research Fellow at the IFS and his general research interests include education policy, political economy and poverty and inequality.
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- Institute for Fiscal Studies
Suggested citation
Sibieta, L. (2022). What is happening to spending in schools and colleges? [Explainer] Institute for Fiscal Studies. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/articles/what-happening-spending-schools-and-colleges (accessed: 2 December 2023).
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