article_snippet: We have not been immune to the public sector cuts.
article_snippet: In February, David Cameron admitted that state school spending per pupil would fall in real terms under a future Conservative government.
article_snippet: David Cameron said that while the overall amount spent on schools would rise, spending per pupil would not increase in line with inflation.
article_snippet: Campaigners say the money schools receive has not kept pace with inflation over the past five years and many areas of England receive inadequate levels of funding due to an outdated formula of allocations.
article_snippet: According to ASCL, over the next 18 months their budgets will be stretched further by a rise in costs of about 4.5 per cent because of increases to pension and national insurance contributions, and pay rises.