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Closed Fairer and higher funding per school student

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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

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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