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f40 represents a group of the poorest funded education authorities in England where government-set cash allocations for primary and secondary pupils are the lowest in the country.
As the gap between the ‘haves’ and the ‘have nots’ continues to widen, f40 is campaigning to change the way the government allocates funding to Local Education Authorities and schools.
Support
These poorly funded county, metropolitan and unitary education authorities represent almost 16 million people in over 200 Parliamentary Constituencies. The Group has the support of MPs, councillors, education directors, governors, head teachers, parents and teaching union representatives.
See our membership list and links to f40 member authority websites
The Campaign
F40’s primary aim is to influence a change in the way the government allocates education funding to local authorities and schools.
The Group had hoped that changes to the funding formula introduced from 2002 onwards would have met the requirements of the worst funded authorities but, with only one or two exceptions, the same authorities continued to be at the bottom of the funding league table.
Sadly, changes to the formula have proved to be as unfair and unjust as the previous formula. The government may have made the formula somewhat easier to understand, but this new transparency also made it clearer that the outcomes are no fairer for f40 authorities. To some extent the disparity has got worse and the gap between the ‘haves’ and ‘have nots’ has widened year on year.
While the Group welcomes the extra investment in education over recent years, it believes the failure of the funding formula to address fundamental problems leaves it with no choice but to call for further change that would be meaningful for member authorities and the children they are educating.
More about our aims and objectives
Schools, Early Years and 14 - 16 Funding Consultation (2007)
More about the consultation and f40's involvement
Dedicated Schools Grant Formula Review
More about the Formula Review consultation
Leadership
David Kidney MP for Stafford, whose constituency is part of the poorly funded Staffordshire County Council, is the chair of f40.
David Kidney MP
House of Commons
Westminster
SW1A 0AA
T: 020 7219 6472
E: kidneyd@parliament.uk
DTW provides public relations and secretarial support for f40.
Doug Allan
Bank Chambers
Market Place
Guisborough
Cleveland
TS14 6BN
T: 01287 610404
F: 01287 638263
E: doug@dtw.co.uk
