School leaders are increasing the pressure on government to tackle huge disparities in school funding across England.
The annual conference of the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) in London last week heard strong calls for ministers to take action on funding.
ASCL president Dr Peter Kent, speaking to delegates on Friday (March 20), warned that we risked sacrificing children’s education “on the altar of deficit reduction”.
He attacked government claims that education funding has been protected, saying that increased National Insurance and pension contributions and inflation meant that schools were facing a 4.5 per cent increase in costs.
His stark warning came after SecEd last week reported a new analysis of funding figures by ASCL showing that in 2015/16 per-pupil funding will vary by more than £2,000 per-pupil between the worst and best funded schools.
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