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 "id": "school-funding-england",
 "title": "School funding for pupils aged 5 to 16, England",
 "category": "education",
 "summary": "Revenue funding for schools in England for pupils aged 5 to 16 each financial year since 2010-11, in cash and at the latest year's prices, with the funding per pupil, from the Department for Education's school funding statistics.",
 "unit": "gbp_m",
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 "volatile": false,
 "status": "Official statistics",
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  "Revenue funding for pupils aged 5 to 16 in state-funded schools, as the DfE's Table 1 gives it, rounded to the nearest £100 million, and per pupil to the nearest £10; real terms are at the latest year's prices, by the GDP deflator. It is not the core schools budget, which includes funding for other ages and which the DfE quotes beside it.",
  "The DfE's figure for the coming year is its plan, so the hub leaves out every year that had not begun when the release was published."
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.",
  "retrieved_at": "2026-11-08T13:08:58Z",
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  "latest_period": "2025/26",
  "price_base": "2025/26",
  "published": "2026-01-29",
  "per_pupil": {
   "2010/11": {
    "cash": 5190.0,
    "real": 7760.0
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   "2011/12": {
    "cash": 5300.0,
    "real": 7760.0
   },
   "2012/13": {
    "cash": 5390.0,
    "real": 7760.0
   },
   "2013/14": {
    "cash": 5490.0,
    "real": 7740.0
   },
   "2014/15": {
    "cash": 5560.0,
    "real": 7720.0
   },
   "2015/16": {
    "cash": 5620.0,
    "real": 7760.0
   },
   "2016/17": {
    "cash": 5610.0,
    "real": 7600.0
   },
   "2017/18": {
    "cash": 5610.0,
    "real": 7500.0
   },
   "2018/19": {
    "cash": 5730.0,
    "real": 7480.0
   },
   "2019/20": {
    "cash": 5920.0,
    "real": 7530.0
   },
   "2020/21": {
    "cash": 6250.0,
    "real": 7560.0
   },
   "2021/22": {
    "cash": 6490.0,
    "real": 7830.0
   },
   "2022/23": {
    "cash": 6930.0,
    "real": 7820.0
   },
   "2023/24": {
    "cash": 7420.0,
    "real": 7950.0
   },
   "2024/25": {
    "cash": 7910.0,
    "real": 8140.0
   },
   "2025/26": {
    "cash": 8400.0,
    "real": 8400.0
   }
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   "2010/11": 6761000.0,
   "2011/12": 6788000.0,
   "2012/13": 6834000.0,
   "2013/14": 6902000.0,
   "2014/15": 6967000.0,
   "2015/16": 7063000.0,
   "2016/17": 7183000.0,
   "2017/18": 7305000.0,
   "2018/19": 7404000.0,
   "2019/20": 7502000.0,
   "2020/21": 7581000.0,
   "2021/22": 7613000.0,
   "2022/23": 7673000.0,
   "2023/24": 7745000.0,
   "2024/25": 7772000.0,
   "2025/26": 7725000.0
  }
 },
 "headline": {
  "label": "Revenue funding for pupils aged 5 to 16",
  "value": 64900.0,
  "period": "2025/26",
  "note": "£8,400 a pupil"
 },
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   "name": "Cash terms",
   "points": [
    {
     "x": "2010/11",
     "v": 35100.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2011/12",
     "v": 36000.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2012/13",
     "v": 36800.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2013/14",
     "v": 37900.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2014/15",
     "v": 38700.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2015/16",
     "v": 39700.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2016/17",
     "v": 40300.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2017/18",
     "v": 41000.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2018/19",
     "v": 42400.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2019/20",
     "v": 44400.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2020/21",
     "v": 47400.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2021/22",
     "v": 49400.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2022/23",
     "v": 53200.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2023/24",
     "v": 57500.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2024/25",
     "v": 61500.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2025/26",
     "v": 64900.0
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "name": "At 2025-26 prices",
   "points": [
    {
     "x": "2010/11",
     "v": 52500.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2011/12",
     "v": 52700.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2012/13",
     "v": 53000.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2013/14",
     "v": 53400.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2014/15",
     "v": 53800.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2015/16",
     "v": 54800.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2016/17",
     "v": 54600.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2017/18",
     "v": 54800.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2018/19",
     "v": 55400.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2019/20",
     "v": 56500.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2020/21",
     "v": 57300.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2021/22",
     "v": 59600.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2022/23",
     "v": 60000.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2023/24",
     "v": 61600.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2024/25",
     "v": 63300.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2025/26",
     "v": 64900.0
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}