Private school fees have risen by more than 20 percent, after inflation, since 2009-10, while core state school spending per pupil has fallen by nine percent in real terms, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.... Average private school fees were around ￡13, 600 in 2020-21 while state school spending per pupil in England was around ￡7, 100, the analysis, funded by the Nuffield Foundation, found. Researchers warned that concerns about inequalities between private and state school pupils