Funding protest — Image caption The dispute over funding figures followed a protest by head teachers

School funding claims made by the Department for Education used "misrepresented" and "exaggerated" figures, says the UK's statistics watchdog.

The UK Statistics Authority, in a letter to Education Secretary Damian Hinds on Monday, says it had "serious concerns" about the department's "presentation and use of statistics".

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Protest — Image caption Head teachers were given figures on spending that have turned out to include students' tuition fees

School spending claims by the Department for Education are being investigated by the UK's statistics watchdog.

It follows BBC News reports which showed figures quoted by education ministers defending their record on state school spending included the money spent by university students on tuition fees and parents on private school fees.

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The figures quoted by education ministers defending their record on state school spending also included the money spent by parents on private school fees.

This has been confirmed by the OECD think tank that compiles the international comparisons of spending figures.

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If you're a student paying tuition fees, you might be surprised to find that the cost of going to university is being included as "spending" in the government's defence of its record on school funding.

But when ministers faced accusations of under-funding schools in England, a figure they quoted widely as evidence of high spending has been found to include billions of pounds of university fees being paid by students, rather than only government spending.

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How can you lend someone almost £120bn and not have a hole in your budget? Or how can you give out £17bn, only receive back £3bn and not be any worse off?

When you're the government and it's the student loans system.

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The door has been left open for EU students to come to UK universities after Brexit, according to the government's plans for the UK's future relationship with the EU.

Or you might choose another metaphor, because the language of the Brexit White Paper leaves much vagueness for interpretation.

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A campaign by head teachers in England is warning that what they call a "funding crisis" for schools is getting worse.

Responses from 1,500 head teachers show a majority of schools in the survey face staffing cuts and bigger class sizes.

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Getting into university is a challenge, but imagine if you'd also been told you shouldn't even be in mainstream education.

Hannah Khan, a high-achieving first year student at the University of Bath, has had to battle against other people's preconceptions about her autism.

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"I get butterflies thinking about it," says Firzah.

She's in her last year at school and approaching her exams - and, if all goes well, this autumn she has the ambition to become the first person in her family to go to university.

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Boris Johnson says improving education for girls could be the single most effective intervention in some of the world's poorest and most troubled countries.

He wants people to be "angry" rather than "complacent" about girls missing out on school because of discrimination.

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