Band 9: The three pie charts below show the changes in annual spending by a particular UK school in 1981, 1991 and 2001. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The pie charts illustrate how a particular school in the UK allocated its fund across three different years: 1981, 1991, and 2001.

Overall, while the proportions of money dedicated to teachers’ salaries, insurance, and furniture and equipment increased after three decades, the inverse was true for other workers’ salaries and resources. It is also recorded that the preponderance of funding was consistently used to pay for staff.

Teachers’ salaries were the predominant contributor to school funding throughout the period. It received about 40% in 1981 and increased to 50% in 1991, yet eventually settling at 45% by 2001. Besides paying for teachers, the school also spent 28% of its funding on other staff. However, this rate gradually declined to 22% after 10 years before dropping to 15% by the end of the period.

Turning to the other expenditure categories, insurance, despite its modest starting rate (2%), boasted the most pronounced growth, surging to 8% by 2001. Both resources and furniture/equipment constituted 15% in the first year. In 1991, the former registered a 5% increase, whereas the latter represented a threefold decrease. However, by the end of the period, the school had significantly reallocated its budget, dedicating 23% to furniture/equipment but only 9% to resources.