The three pie charts compare how a UK school distributed its annual expenditure across five categories in 1981, 1991 and 2001.
Overall
, teachers’ Linking Words
salaries
consistently accounted for the largest proportion of the school’s spending over the entire period, Use synonyms
whereas
insurance remained the smallest category despite a gradual increase. Meanwhile, expenditure on other workers’ Linking Words
salaries
declined steadily, Use synonyms
while
the remaining categories fluctuated.
In terms of declining items, the proportion allocated to other workers’ Linking Words
salaries
fell from 28% in 1981 to 22% in 1991, before dropping Use synonyms
further
to 15% in 2001. Linking Words
By contrast
, insurance was the only category that rose continuously, increasing from 2% to 3% during the first decade and Linking Words
then
climbing to 8% by 2001.
The other three categories experienced more noticeable fluctuations. Teachers’ Linking Words
salaries
Use synonyms
initially
increased from 40% to a peak of 50% in 1991 before declining slightly to 45% in 2001. Linking Words
Similarly
, spending on resources Linking Words
such
as books rose from 15% to 20% between 1981 and 1991 but fell sharply to 9% in the final year. Linking Words
By comparison
, expenditure on furniture and equipment dropped significantly from 15% to 5% over the first decade before rebounding dramatically to 23% in 2001, making it the second largest expense.Linking Words