The three pie graphs compare the percentage of annual school expenditure on five categories in the UK in the three specific years: 1981, 1991, and 2001.
Overall, despite some fluctuations, there was an increase in the proportion of spending on insurance, teachers’ salaries, as well as furniture and equipment, whereas those on resources and other workers’ salaries decreased. In addition, teachers’ salaries consistently accounted for the largest percentage of the school’s budget throughout the period.
The figure for budget spent on teachers’ salaries started at 40% in 1981, after which it experienced a dramatic growth to 50% in 1991, before declining back to 45% in 2001. Similarly, the proportion of insurance also showed an upward trend, beginning at slightly 2% before ending at 8% in the final year. Meanwhile, furniture and equipment fell from 15% in 1981 to 5% in 1991, before increasing significantly to 23% at the end of the period.
Exactly 15% of the total spending was recorded for resources in the first year, with a subsequent growth to 20% in 1991, followed by a final decline to 9% in 2001. The share of spending on other workers’ salaries saw a similar change, this figure started at 15% in 1981, which decreased to 22% in 1991 and then dropped to 15% in 2001.