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ENGLAND’S schools are being starved of cash, with the amount per pupil dropping between 2015 and 2020, teachers warned yesterday.
The National Union of Teachers (NUT) and Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) research found that 98 per cent of schools in England would suffer a cut per pupil.
Those schools hardest hit are the ones where pupils’ families are what the Tories now call “Jams” — further making a mockery of Prime Minister Theresa May’s claim to be standing up for society’s “just about managing” households.
Schools with pupils from wealthier families face a cut of £297 per pupil per year, but those with the most kids receiving free school meals face a much more drastic cut of £447.
NUT general secretary Kevin Courtney said: “These are shocking figures that will create despair in schools up and down the country.
“Schools face real-terms cuts in this Parliament.
“Parents and school governors should unite with teachers in demanding the government fund our education properly.”
And ATL leader Mary Bousted stormed that the cut made the government’s “warm words about protecting the poorest children look meaningless.”
