If ‘every child matters’, as the Labour Government policy declares – why are our kids in Hornsey & Wood Green getting over £1,000 less per head each in our schools than the kids next door in Camden and Hackney?
It’s all because the Government classifies our local schools as ‘inner London’ when it comes to costs like teachers’ wages (which makes the costs higher). But when it comes to Government funding to help pay them – then our schools get classified as ‘outer London’ (which makes the funding lower). Higher costs, lower funding – that doesn’t make sense!
After lots of lobbying petitioning and meetings with ministers, including raising the issue with Gordon Brown at Prime Minister’s Questions, I got the government to agree the issue needs reviewing. But we have to keep up the pressure for that to turn into action – because our schools are having to get by on lower funds and higher costs every day in the meantime.
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