SCHOOLS in Redditch have been granted over £2million in government funding.
It is part of an extra £2billion the government is investing in schools this year and next, with every state school in England benefiting.
The Institute for Fiscal Studies has highlighted this uplift will mean 2024 to 2025 will be the highest spending year in history for schools.
In total the schools’ budget will be £58.8billion in 2024 to 2025, meaning the Government is putting more into school than ever before.
Schools will receive their first payment this month and will be able to choose how best to invest the extra funding, including to pay for teacher salary uplifts and teaching assistants.
The remainder of the £2billion funding boost will be used to increase Pupil Premium funding rates, which are rising by five per cent in 2023 to 2024.
This extra funding will support disadvantaged pupils, local councils’ high needs budgets, and special schools, making sure every child with special educational needs and disabilities receives the support and high-quality education they deserve.
Redditch MP Rachel Maclean MP has welcomed the extra £2,142,282.
She said: “As a proud product of the state school system myself, ensuring everyone, no matter their background, has a first-class education is personal for me.”
