Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/314391 
Year of Publication: 
2025
Series/Report no.: 
IFS Report
Publisher: 
Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), London
Abstract: 
At just under £8 billion, spending on schools and childcare is the second-largest area of public service spending in Scotland, behind spending on health. While councils rather than the Scottish Government itself determine how much to spend on schools, they do so in the context of a funding and policy environment shaped by the Scottish Budget. With this context in mind, this chapter starts in Section 4.1 by describing trends in spending and spending per pupil, including comparisons with England. It then details trends in teacher and pupil numbers in Section 4.2. Section 4.3 describes the overall challenges and trade-offs facing policymakers in Scotland over the next few years, including for this and future Budget cycles. Section 4.4 provides a brief conclusion.
Subjects: 
Education and skills
Government finances and spending
Devolved government finances
Education
Government spending
Local government finance
Scotland
Public finance
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Document Type: 
Research Report

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