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Campaign group f40 today gave an enthusiastic welcome to the Association of School & College Leaders’ (ASCL) view that school funding system is “inadequate”, a “postcode lottery” and a “grant system that does not work”. F40, which represents the local authorities with the poorest funded schools in England, pointed out

Campaign group f40, which represents the local authorities with the poorest funded schools in England, today gave a cautious welcome to the PM’s announcement that funding per pupil will not be cut in cash terms by a future Conservative government, but added that it is now even more imperative that

Campaign group f40, which represents the local authorities with the poorest funded schools in England, has warmly welcomed today’s announcement that extra funding will be made available by the government to begin the process of making the allocation system fairer. An announcement in Parliament this morning stated that an extra

Campaign group f40, which represents the local authorities with the poorest funded schools in England, will this week hold a major conference on the government’s doorstep. The group’s conference on a new national funding formula will be staged in the Palace of Westminster on Thursday 6 February. Over 120 delegates,

Campaign group f40, which represents the local authorities with the poorest funded schools in England, has welcomed the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s confirmation that a new and fairer school funding formula is to be introduced. The promise of a long-awaited national funding formula, to replace the existing discredited arrangements, made

The Secretary of State for Education, Michael Gove, has rejected a proposal put forward by the f40 group of local authorities for an immediate £99m uplift of funding for the worst funded schools and pupils in England. This means that the pupils, schools and local authorities that for nearly twenty