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Written question asked by Neil Hudson (Conservative) on Friday, 27 June 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 1 July 2025. It was answered by Catherine McKinnell (Labour) on Monday, 7 July 2025 on behalf of the Department for Education.

Schools: Finance

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that schools are adequately funded to meet the full cost of the 2025-26 teachers’ and support staff pay awards in Essex.

Answer

​​The department is providing schools with £615 million in additional funding in financial year 2025/26 to support them with overall costs, including the costs of the 4% schools teacher pay award and the 3.2% local government pay offer in respect of school support staff. This is on top of the funding increases which the government has already provided to support schools and means that the overall Core Schools Budget will total £65.3 billion in 2025/26, compared to £61.6 billion in 2024/25.

Through the Dedicated Schools Grant, Essex is receiving £1.25 billion for mainstream schools in 2025/26. This represents an increase of 2.3% per pupil compared to 2024/25. These figures do not include growth funding, falling rolls funding or the additional funding for schools announced alongside the teacher pay award this year. Allocations of that additional funding, at local authority level, will be announced in October 2025.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
63346
Session
2024-26
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Classroom assistants Finance Essex Pay Schools Teachers
Link
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