Posted on 2017-06-20 | 12:02

Roger has warned that schools in Birmingham Hall Green face significant further cuts over the next five years if the Conservative Party goes ahead and implements their manifesto commitments on school funding.

Nationally schools have already had their budgets cut by £2.8 billion over the last two years. A further £8.9 billion of cuts are on the horizon for schools if the Conservative Party carries through their manifesto commitments. Analysis by the respected Institute for Fiscal Studies shows that after taking into account inflation and the forecast rise in pupil numbers, schools will have a total real-terms cut to per-pupil spending of around 7% over the six years between 2015-16 and 2021-22.

The National Union of Teachers and the Association of Teachers and Lecturers have used the IFS figures to calculate what these cuts would mean for schools in Birmingham, Hall Green. They have found that Birmingham, Hall Green pupils on average will have their funding cut by £-543 or by -11%. This equates to a £-277,165 cut on average for each school in Birmingham, Hall Green.

Roger will continue to oppose these cuts in Parliament, saying: “From talking to heads, teachers and parents I know the pressure schools are already under. Class sizes are on the increase and we are seeing subjects dropped from the curriculum. School staff are losing their jobs or vacancies are being left unfilled. I have even heard from one parent whose child’s school did not have enough pencils!

"The education of our children and young people depends upon our schools being properly funded. Unless the Government reverses the cuts already made and cancels the cuts over the next five years the educational outcomes of so many children will be damaged.”

Roger has signed a new petition to the Government calling on them to stop the cuts to our children’s education. Please add your name here: https://schoolcuts.nationbuilder.com/post_ge_petition