tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post7827939053519702129..comments2024-03-05T10:52:24.691+00:00Comments on Mark Wadsworth: Average spending per State pupil is £8,300 a year!Mark Wadsworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-14737642552650418912008-04-01T21:31:00.000+01:002008-04-01T21:31:00.000+01:00On reflection, yes, I overcooked it a bit, but you...On reflection, yes, I overcooked it a bit, but your £6.5 bn is still understated; the true actuarial cost of Teachers' Pensions is about twice the published figure. Which gives us £51 bn, or about £7,000 per head. <BR/><BR/>Can we agree on £7,000, for sake of argument? Which is a lot more than private primary schools and a bit less than private secondary schools.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-46308463171589150742008-04-01T20:59:00.000+01:002008-04-01T20:59:00.000+01:00The £50bn figure is definitely overcounting - you'...The £50bn figure is definitely overcounting - you're attributing all non-HE costs to "school", whereas the figure that actually matches up with the pupil numbers in table 3.7 is the £38bn figure in table 8.1.<BR/><BR/>Pensions are an interesting additional element and definitely one that it's misleading of the government to exclude - assuming that schools account for the same % of pensions that they do of total spending, the actual figure will be around £6.5bn, for a total of £44.5bn or £6,100 per head. So the gap's narrower than it first looks, but still definitely there.<BR/><BR/>[also, I can think of plenty of reasons a parent would want to send a kid to a private school that provided an objectively worse education than the state alternative - predominantly snobbery-related...]John Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17024263999778310292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-71881179277446679022008-02-10T17:34:00.000+00:002008-02-10T17:34:00.000+00:00D, that is one heck of a challenge, I'll have a tr...D, that is one heck of a challenge, I'll have a try when I've time - the Report is wilfully difficult to understand, none of the tables reconcile with the others etc.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-62645586309407818952008-02-10T01:06:00.000+00:002008-02-10T01:06:00.000+00:00"true average spend to £9,700": I was just hoping ..."true average spend to £9,700": I was just hoping that one further tweak would get it above £10k. Then you could get the Daily Mail to carry the story.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-82683607387416358492008-02-09T19:58:00.000+00:002008-02-09T19:58:00.000+00:00D, that would require hours of research and interp...D, that would require hours of research and interpolation and is probably not that relevant, I think.<BR/><BR/>Other adjustments could be made to reflect the fact that primary education costs less than secondary (whether State or private), and that a lower percentage of children go to private primaries than to private secondaries etc, again, it's all pretty marginal.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-8816026441167164542008-02-09T19:16:00.000+00:002008-02-09T19:16:00.000+00:00Well said, Mr W. Can you estimate the size of the...Well said, Mr W. Can you estimate the size of the further correction required from the fact that proportionately more private school pupils stay on for sixth form?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com