Project 1: Regional inequalities and determinants of spending by secondary schools in England
Budget: $10 – $30 USD
School expenditure consists of several budget categories (teaching and support staff,
catering, building and energy costs, learning resources and so on) and may be related, amongst
other factors, to school income (both funding and self-generated), size, the extent of
personalised teaching and its location.
The current state of affairs suggests that local public authorities in England face increasing
pressures for constraining expenditure in areas related to schooling, health and social policy.
Restrictive policies may trigger a process of fragmentation of social cohesion in the country.
Therefore, understanding the overall national evolution and uneven regional dimension of school
expenditure, as well as the key determinants of expenditure patterns might aid the design of
policies that prevent this fragmentation process from unfolding (or deepening further).
With these considerations in mind, the aim of Project 1 is to study and answer the
following three questions:
1. What is the extent of regional inequalities in expenditure by secondary schools?
2. What has been the recent evolution of total gross expenditure by secondary schools?
3. What are the determinants of secondary school expenditure?
catering, building and energy costs, learning resources and so on) and may be related, amongst
other factors, to school income (both funding and self-generated), size, the extent of
personalised teaching and its location.
The current state of affairs suggests that local public authorities in England face increasing
pressures for constraining expenditure in areas related to schooling, health and social policy.
Restrictive policies may trigger a process of fragmentation of social cohesion in the country.
Therefore, understanding the overall national evolution and uneven regional dimension of school
expenditure, as well as the key determinants of expenditure patterns might aid the design of
policies that prevent this fragmentation process from unfolding (or deepening further).
With these considerations in mind, the aim of Project 1 is to study and answer the
following three questions:
1. What is the extent of regional inequalities in expenditure by secondary schools?
2. What has been the recent evolution of total gross expenditure by secondary schools?
3. What are the determinants of secondary school expenditure?