Petition Fairer and higher funding per school student

Schools are still not being provided with adequate funding to deliver the level of provision and support that is expected and that our children deserve.

We are facing a funding crisis in our schools. With vast differences in funding per pupil; schools struggling with costs across the UK

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Since 2010 school budgets have been reduced in real terms by 8% (20% at post-16)
-Class sizes are rising
-Often, the most vulnerable students in schools are bearing the brunt of cuts, with schools struggling to provide the levels of support they are entitled to.

Funding per pupil 2017/18
London £5,872
South West £5,181
Yorkshire and The Humber £5,110
West Midlands £5,087
North East £5,029
East of England £4,967
East Midlands £4,953
North West £4,912
South East £4,832
Cambridgeshire £4528

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Date closed 6 November 2019
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