Written question asked by Adrian Sanders (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 25 June 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 29 June 2009. It was answered by Lord Coaker (Labour) on Thursday, 2 July 2009 on behalf of the Department for Children, Schools and Families.
Schools: Finance
- Question
- To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what recent research he has evaluated on levels of efficiency in relation to (a) his Department's spending on schools and (b) funds spent by maintained schools.
- Answer
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In recent years, the Department has sponsored a number of research projects and in-house analytical projects in this area. In relation to the efficiency of the Department's spending on schools, the Consistent Financial Reporting data collection has been implemented since 2002-03. It is used at national and school level internally for modelling the impact of new policies and used externally at school level via the Financial Benchmarking website. This site enables users to prepare charts that compare their school's income and expenditure profile with that of similar schools so that they can make informed decisions on how to manage their resources effectively.In relation to the efficiency of funds spent by maintained schools the Department has constructed school level measures of efficiency derived from Data Envelopment Analysis models. These models generate a measure of efficiency for every secondary school, which express how effective they have been in delivering pupil outcomes given their resourcing levels and pupil context relative to the most efficient school in the sector that faces similar funding and contextual constraints. A similar project for measuring efficiency in primary schools is due to take place this summer.The details of the efficiency measures for secondary schools can be found in the following publication:"Analysis of Secondary School Efficiency: Final Report, Professor Peter C Smith and Dr. Andrew Street""http://publications.dcsf.gov.uk/default.aspx?PageFunction= productdetails&PageMode=publications&Productld=RR788&"
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 495 c368W; 283096
- Session
- 2008-09
- Subjects
- Finance Schools
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