It is good to see that during the half-term break pressure has continued to build over the school funding crisis – both the overall level of frontline funding and over calls for action on the flawed national funding formula.
The government has already pledged to act on fairer school funding, although we still await details of exactly what action it plans to take. However, the prospects of action on the overall levels of school funding look a lot bleaker.
Make no mistake, the situation is stark. Despite government rhetoric about protecting frontline education funding, schools are facing severe real-term spending cuts that will have a devastating effect in many areas. School leaders know this, I know this, and ministers too must admit to this.
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