Fair Funding campaigners meet Secretary of State

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Fair funding for schools campaign group, f40, has met with the Secretary of State for Education to discuss concerns about the delayed 2nd Stage consultation on a new national funding formula. F40 chair, Councillor Ivan Ould, who is also Lead Member for Children’s Services in...

Consultation presents real opportunity for fair funding for schools

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School funding campaign group f40 today welcomed the launch of the long-awaited consultation on school funding and promised to continue the campaign for the best deal possible for schools in poorly funded areas. “After 20 years of making the case for change we have finally...

111 MPs petition Prime Minister demanding fairer school funding

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One hundred and eleven Members of Parliament have signed a letter to the Prime Minister demanding that he sticks to his pledge to introduce a new national funding formula in the near future. The letter, which was masterminded by f40 Vice Chair, Graham Stuart MP, was handed over...

PM confirms extra education funding for worst funded authorities will be baselined in future years

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F40, the group that campaigns for fairer funding for education, today welcomed a statement made by the Prime Minister at Parliamentary Questions confirming that the extra £390m extra cash given to some of the worst funded local authorities to boost school budgets in 2015-16 will...

f40 meets with Education Minister to champion fairer funding for education

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F40, the group that campaigns for fairer funding for education, today met Education & Childcare Minister Sam Gyimah to discuss how the government’s manifesto promises to deliver fairer funding for England’s schools will be delivered. F40 represents a group of the lowest...

f40 welcomes ASCL stance on fair funding for schools

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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...

Flat cash school budgets make fair funding formula all the more vital, warns f40

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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...

f40’s welcomes extra funding for the poorest-funded schools

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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...

f40’s fight for fairer school funding goes to Westminster

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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...

f40 gets sniff of victory in its fight for fair funding of schools

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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...
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