Claim: Funding for schools is down by 8% in real terms.
Fact-check: Government school spending figures: correct but misleading - Full Fact
Verdict: correct. the ifs says spending per pupil in england fell by 8% in real terms from 2009/10 to 2017/18, and will be held constant from 2017/18 to 2019/20.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Joël Reland
Date published: 2018-10-10T00:00:00