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Secretary of state hints at fairer funding proposal ‘early in the new year’

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As education secretary Nicky Morgan indicates that plans will soon be published on a fairer national funding formula for schools, desperate headteachers warn that they are already facing a financial ‘breaking point’. Pete Henshaw reports

Schools can expect more information early in the new year on the government’s plans to overhaul the national funding system, the secretary of state has indicated.

Nicky Morgan has been coming under increased pressure to act on the Conservative’s election manifesto pledge to introduce a fairer national funding formula for schools.

Most recently, Parliament’s Education Select Committee urged Ms Morgan to publish her plans “at an early date” and has warned that it will be scrutinising her proposals for reform.

Now, in a letter to Neil Carmichael, chairman of the Education Select Committee, Ms Morgan indicated that action could be expected “early in the new year”.

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