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Schools are at breaking point as funding is not keeping up with the expenditure schools face. The government’s funding commitment for schools is not adequate and equates to a real-terms cut in education spending. The situation is critical for schools, so NAHT is campaigning to:

Lobby the government to provide sufficient funding for the education of all pupils 

 

  • Support the School Cuts campaign
  • Lobby for provision of accessible and available health, social care and other therapeutic services to support pupils' educational progress and attainment
  • Lobby for sufficient funding for the High Needs block
  • Lobby for sufficient funding to support pupils with SEND in all mainstream schools
  • Lobby for more funding for early years education; including specific funding to stabilise and protect the maintained nursery school sector
  • Support the Raise the Rate campaign to ensure sufficient funding for students in sixth form / FE / KS5 education
  • Maximise the funding for pupil premium for schools through auto enrolment
  • Press the government to provide appropriate support to schools for financial planning and resource management
  • Develop a better understanding of the unique challenges facing small schools and lobby the government to ensure their long-term sustainability
  • Lobby government to introduce the hard funding formula

Lobby to ensure that schools have sufficient funds to provide a safe environment for pupils and staff

  • Press for the phased removal of asbestos from the school estate
  • Lobby the DfE to secure sufficient capital funding and restoration of the school estate where required
  • Press the government to ensure that health and safety regulations maintain the highest standard of safety within schools
  • Lobby the DfE to support members to effectively manage the school estate

NAHT responds to a new school funding report from the Institute for Fiscal Studies

Today the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) published a new report, which shows that school funding in 2024 will be 3% below 2010 levels in real terms.

NAHT general secretary Paul Whiteman called the projected funding decrease ‘scandalous’ and said it was children who will ultimately suffer. He said: “There is no doubt that the reality of the government’s current approach to education funding will lead to cuts to education, services and school staff next year."

Read Paul Whiteman's full response in our press release.

Fix School Funding is one of NAHT’s priority campaigns for 2022-23. After 15 years with no overall growth in school spending, the squeeze on school resources was already at crisis point. Our members are now having to deal with unprecedented extra pressures on their finances – including surging energy prices, increased national insurance costs and an unfunded pay award.  

Find out more about  and join  our campaign to fix school funding.

Download the IFS report.

First published 02 August 2022
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