Nearly every school in Luton faces funding reductions under Tory budget formula
Nearly every school in Luton faces funding reductions under Tory budget formula
These unprecedented cuts to our education system will have far reaching consequences for ordinary working people and their families not to mention our GMB members’ jobs says GMB LondonNearly every school in Luton faces cuts in their funding under Tory budget plans for 2018/19 a new GMB study has revealed.
The study by GMB, the union for support staff in education, shows that of the 61 schools in Luton, 58 (95%) will lose funding under the currently proposed school funding formula. This does not take in to account other real term cuts due to rising costs, inflation and other cost pressures they are faced with which some estimates suggest will be massively higher. See www.schoolcuts.org.uk for estimated reductions in budgets by 2020.
The school in the area affected most would be Icknield High School which would face cuts in the first year of £110,000 followed The Stockwood Park Academy facing a £106,000 cut. Next would be The Chalk Hills Academy with cuts of £104,000, Ashcroft High School with cuts of £97,000 and Cardinal Newman Catholic School with cuts of £95,000.
The table below shows all schools in Luton that will face cuts in the first year of transition towards the new formula.
|
Proposed funding cuts in first year |
|
|
Icknield High School |
-£110,000 |
|
The Stockwood Park Academy |
-£106,000 |
|
The Chalk Hills Academy |
-£104,000 |
|
Ashcroft High School |
-£97,000 |
|
Cardinal Newman Catholic School A Specialist Science College |
-£95,000 |
|
Denbigh High School |
-£91,000 |
|
Challney High School for Girls |
-£82,000 |
|
Stopsley High School |
-£76,000 |
|
Lealands High School |
-£71,000 |
|
Challney High School for Boys |
-£68,000 |
|
Downside Primary School |
-£58,000 |
|
Beech Hill Community Primary School |
-£51,000 |
|
St Matthew's Primary School |
-£50,000 |
|
Beechwood Primary School |
-£49,000 |
|
Putteridge High School |
-£49,000 |
|
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School |
-£46,000 |
|
Bushmead Primary School |
-£45,000 |
|
Denbigh Primary School |
-£39,000 |
|
Lea Manor High School Performing Arts College |
-£37,000 |
|
Chantry Primary Academy |
-£36,000 |
|
Maidenhall Primary School |
-£36,000 |
|
Icknield Primary School |
-£36,000 |
|
William Austin Junior School |
-£34,000 |
|
Surrey Street Primary School |
-£33,000 |
|
St Margaret of Scotland Catholic Primary School |
-£32,000 |
|
The Meads Primary School |
-£31,000 |
|
Putteridge Primary School |
-£31,000 |
|
Leagrave Primary School |
-£30,000 |
|
Ramridge Primary School |
-£28,000 |
|
Pirton Hill Primary School |
-£27,000 |
|
William Austin Infant School |
-£27,000 |
|
Stopsley Community Primary School |
-£27,000 |
|
Whitefield Primary School |
-£25,000 |
|
Wigmore Primary School |
-£25,000 |
|
Norton Road Primary School |
-£24,000 |
|
Southfield Primary School |
-£24,000 |
|
Waulud Primary School |
-£23,000 |
|
Bramingham Primary School |
-£23,000 |
|
St Martin De Porres Catholic Primary School |
-£23,000 |
|
Farley Junior School |
-£23,000 |
|
Tennyson Road Primary School |
-£23,000 |
|
Warden Hill Junior School |
-£22,000 |
|
Hillborough Junior School |
-£22,000 |
|
The Linden Academy |
-£21,000 |
|
Foxdell Junior School |
-£21,000 |
|
Sacred Heart Primary School |
-£21,000 |
|
Ferrars Junior School |
-£20,000 |
|
Wenlock CofE Junior School |
-£20,000 |
|
Warden Hill Infant School |
-£19,000 |
|
Whipperley Infant Academy |
-£18,000 |
|
Sundon Park Junior School |
-£17,000 |
|
Foxdell Infant School |
-£16,000 |
|
Crawley Green Infant School |
-£16,000 |
|
The Ferrars Academy |
-£15,000 |
|
Cheynes Infant School |
-£15,000 |
|
Someries Junior School |
-£12,000 |
|
Someries Infant School |
-£10,000 |
|
Barnfield Enterprise Studio Academy |
-£5,000 |
Warren Kenny, GMB London region secretary, said
“These unprecedented cuts to our education system will have far reaching consequences for ordinary working people and their families not to mention our GMB members’ jobs.
“It is well known that schools have already had significant cuts to their ever depleting budgets, and this is just one step too far.
“Make no mistake about it these new round of cuts will have a major impact on a child's education if they are pushed through.
“School head teachers have already had to make large cuts to their budgets where they have already trimmed down the service to an all time low.
“Head Teachers again have faced a reduction in education spending per head, bigger class sizes, less teachers, reduction in teaching assistances and support staff curriculum cuts, mass redundancies, and failing infrastructures.
“The figures in the table show cuts proposed by the new national funding formula that will be introduced in 2018/19. The real shortfall will be much higher as schools will continue to face a failure of growth in funding to keep up with rising costs, inflation and other cost pressures.
“If this government wants to improve education, then all they have to do is invest in our current state schools.”
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Contact: Gary Doolan on 07590 262 504, Colin Greer on 079742 49745, Alan Costello on 07974 250946
Notes to editors
1) Source: Department for Education Dedicated schools Grant allocations under the proposed national Funding Formulae
2) These figures are for cuts that are proposed in the national funding formula. The funding shortfall will be bigger due to the failure of growth in funding to keep up with higher costs that the schools face.
