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To: Education Secretary Nicky Morgan
Introduce VAT rebate for Sixth-Form Colleges
The government should introduce a VAT rebate for sixth-form colleges to ease the funding crisis and bring them in line with academies and maintained schools. despite these significant financial inequalities, the report also suggests that students in sixth-form colleges are more likely to achieve better exam results and progress to higher education than their peers in academy or maintained school sixth forms.
Why is this important?
Assessing value for money in sixth-form education, a recent report published found that academies are able to spend an average of £1,598 more per sixth-form student than sixth-form colleges. The report gives two explanations for this. The government provides funding to academies to meet their VAT, insurance and capital costs in full. Sixth-form colleges, on the other hand, must redirect funding away from frontline education to meet these costs: the average sixth-form colleges pays £335,000 per year in VAT alone.
How it will be delivered
In person to 10 Downing Street
