Delivering the education all children and young people deserve cannot be achieved without proper funding
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School budgets need protecting, says UNISON in response to IFS funding report
Delivering the education all children and young people deserve cannot be achieved without proper funding
The article School budgets need protecting, says UNISON in response to IFS funding report first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Investment in schools is vital for the future, says UNISON
Rebuilding programme and neglected services are priorities
The article Investment in schools is vital for the future, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Investment in schools is vital for the future, says UNISON
Rebuilding programme and neglected services are priorities
The article Investment in schools is vital for the future, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.
More than 16,500 schools losing out under new cash allocations for April 2020
Cuts to schools are deeply unfair
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MPs call for multi-billion pound education cash boost
Union welcomes Commons select committee report revealing ‘the true scale of the funding cuts to schools and colleges’
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English schools having to spend more than they get to educate pupils
UNISON calls on government to ‘give more money to schools now’ as Education Policy Institute report shows more schools recording larger deficits
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Underfunding of schools resulting in increased class sizes for secondary schools in England
New research by the School Cuts coalition of unions (NEU, NAHT, ASCL, UNISON, GMB and Unite) shows that class sizes are rising in the majority of secondary schools in England as a result of the…Read more…
Give councils and schools the cash to fund a decent pay rise and protect services
The government needs to recognise the importance of the jobs council and school workers do
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Schools funding is still in crisis – prepare to lobby
Join us for a Lobby Against School Cuts to show MPs that, despite the Department of Education’s welcome rethink, there is still a problem
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Pupils’ safety at risk as further schools cuts loom, says UNISON
School administrators, business managers and finance workers are regularly administering first aid, handing out medicines to pupils and conducting criminal record checks because of cuts in the number…Read more…
Government cuts threaten Newham Free School Meals programme: They cannot afford to pay 60% of the cost
This letter below was sent to many primary school parents today in Newham by the union for Head Teachers. Due to Government cuts and Newham Council changes in the way they charge for meals, many primary schools have decided that they cannot pay 60% of…Read more…
Blog: Cash-strapped schools are struggling to give children a decent education
Only last month I wrote here about the problems facing school funding – and the need for the funding formula to resolve it in a way that’s fair to communities across the country. I said: “The…Read more…
School funding cuts could deny children a decent future says UNISON
Responding to government plans to reform school funding UNISON head of education Jon Richards said: “Schools that are already underfunded will get much less than they’d hoped for….Read more…
West Sussex schools are running out of money – it’s time to fund our schools properly and fairly
Since Theresa May became Prime Minister in July, the Conservative Party have spent a great deal of time and money on educational hobby horses like grammar schools – £200 million of funding for which…Read more…
UNISON calls for council oversight of academy school finances
Friday 26 August 2016 For immediate release Responding to the Local Government Association call for councils to have oversight of academy school finances, UNISON national secretary for education Jon…Read more…
All schools ‘should get the funds they need for success’
UNISON warns against ‘robbing Peter to pay Paul’ as government launches consultation on a new English school funding formula
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