Stop school cuts

Talk about school funding

After this summer’s spending review, the Stop School Cuts coalition is preparing to release new localised leaflets, posters and banners this September.

We need to make sure every parent and educator knows exactly what the state of school funding is, to bring school funding to the forefront of the national conversation and put pressure on our elected leaders.

After the summer holidays we want to get back to school with tens of thousands of leaflets: localised to your area so you can have the conversation with parents and educators about the state of school funding.

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School Cuts 

Rachel Reeves and Keir Starmer promised change. After 14 years of damaging school cuts, we expected this Government to begin to reverse the cuts. 

But they have announced that the 4% pay award for teachers next year will only be funded to 3%.

There is no way around it, this means more cuts for our schools.

School costs will increase by 4.1 per cent for 2025/26 but school funding will only rise by 3.4 per cent leaving a significant gap in funding. In total there will be a £630 million real terms cut to school funding, equivalent of salaries for 12,400 school staff – 5,700 teachers and 6,700 support staff.

This cut in funding will see overall per pupil funding drop to the lowest levels in England in real terms for at least 15 years. The gap in funding will mean that the vast majority of schools, 75 per cent of primary schools and 92 per cent of secondary schools, will be forced to make cuts next year.

Schools are still in the midst of a funding crisis. Heads, teachers and school staff have done all they can to shield children from the impact of cuts. There are no more efficiencies to be made in school budgets. After 14 years of austerity, the majority of schools are currently not able to absorb increased costs.

These cuts will lead to schools shedding subjects, losing support staff, and cutting back on basic maintenance to balance the books.