Dishonest reporting of spending on education

So, no comment at all from the Conservatives here- strange, that, no?

I know there are others on here who are school governors & I am chair of Govs at a local infant school.. only 180 pupils. We need 6 classteachers, a HT , a pt caretaker & office admin as a minimum. Teaching assistants are now a " luxury". We are being told that there is a funded 3.5% teacher payrise.. funded for 2 years. It actually does not cover all oncosts & then what happens in 2 years? We have cut all we can cut : specialist music/ PE options, materials and staff training. HT does most of the cover so her workload is huge and we cannot offer more than the statutory 2hrs prep time a week out of class for teachers to do any extra development work with newer colleagues etc. HT has not had a pay increase for 5 years. This is not a way to run a top class education service! Whilst money is not everything it helps hugely in providing resources..human and otherwise.. that takes provision from good to excellent. We are on the brink of going from good to poor. What would you think our children deserve?

If you are actually cutting education spending per pupil, have lost millions with unsuccessful Academies and Free schools and know there is a huge crisis in education looming I suppose you have to try and cover it up by bamboozling people with creative accounting.

Maybe they should include all the money parents and grandparents spend on books, toys, school uniforms, trips etc. Education spending would increase ten fold!

So, no comment at all from the Conservatives here- strange, that, no?

That's the phrase I was searching for. I think I shall bother my MP about this one, hear his take on it.

I’m sure everyone expects the Government to provide Government spending figures. Including student tuition fees and private school fees is blatantly fraudulent use of statistics.
Lies, damn lies and statistics.
Tories would probably call it “creative accounting”.

Damian Hinds ( who he?) is current Education Secretary.