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<p>We have made a significant investment in our schools by providing an additional
£1.3 billion across 2018-19 and 2019-20, over and above existing plans. As the independent
Institute for Fiscal Studies has confirmed, overall funding per pupil will now be
maintained in real terms up to 2020. The national funding formula will deliver higher
per pupil funding in respect of every school, and every local area.</p><p> </p><p>More
schools are currently judged as good or outstanding by Ofsted than ever before. There
were 1.8 million more pupils in schools judged to be ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ in England
as of August 2016 compared to August 2010. And the attainment gap between disadvantaged
students and those who are better off is closing.</p><p> </p><p>We appreciate teachers’
dedication and hard work and understand that they need to be able to do their job
well without sacrificing their personal life or compromising their wellbeing. Removing
unnecessary workload for teachers is a priority for this government. We recognised
the problem of unnecessary workload when we launched the Workload Challenge in 2014.
On 24 February 2017 we published the results of our workload survey and a clear action
plan setting out the steps we will take to help tackle this issue, including targeted
support for schools.</p>
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