Boris Johnson's pledge to boost education funding will not benefit the majority of schools in our area next year, we can reveal.
In early August, the Prime Minister promised to reverse the real-terms education cuts with an increase of £4.4billion funding per year by 2022/23.
His plans mean there will be an increase in the minimum funding schools receive per pupil. In 2020-21, the minimum funding per pupil will increase from £3,500 to £3,750 for primary schools, and from £4,800 to £5,000 for secondary schools. There will be a further increase in the primary schools minimum to £4,000 in 2021-22.
However, House of Commons data shows the reforms will only benefit 12 out of 161 schools in the Waltham Forest, Redbridge and Epping Forest areas.
Just two per cent of schools in the Waltham Forest and Redbridge area and just more than a third of schools in Epping Forest are eligible for the boost in per-pupil funding for the next academic year.
Boris Johnson promised a school funding boost. Photo: Holly Cant
Here, we list all the schools in Epping Forest, Walthamstow, Leyton and Wanstead, Ilford North, Ilford South and Chingford and Woodford Green constituencies which will benefit from Mr Johnson's school funding boost. The numbers all relate to the per-pupil funding schools receive:
Epping Forest
Ivy Chimneys Primary School
Current funding: £3,692
Increase in funding in 2020-21: £58
Theydon Bois Primary School
Current funding: £3,652
Increase in funding in 2020-21: £98
St John Fisher Catholic Primary School
Current funding: £3,615
Increase in funding in 2020-21: £135
Buckhurst Hill Community Primary School
Current funding: £3,599
Increase in funding in 2020-21: £151
The majority of schools will not benefit on the per-pupil funding boost. Photo: Pixabay
Leverton Primary School
Current funding: £3,662
Increase in funding in 2020-21: £88
Epping Primary
Current funding: £3,731
Increase in funding in 2020-21: £19
St John's Church Of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Current funding: £3,559
Increase in funding in 2020-21: £191
Staples Road Primary School
Current funding: £3,562
Increase in funding in 2020-21: £188
Photo: Pixabay
Waltham Holy Cross Primary School
Current funding: £3,635
Increase in funding in 2020-21: £115
Davenant Foundation School (secondary)
Current funding: £4,827
Increase in funding in 2020-21: £173
Leyton and Wanstead
Our Lady Of Lourdes RC Primary School
Current funding: £3,721
Increase in funding in 2020-21: £29
Boris Johnson promised to increase school funding. Photo: Holly Cant
Chingford and Woodford Green
St Antony's Catholic Primary School
Current funding: £3,656
Increase in funding in 2020-21: £94
Walthamstow
No schools will benefit
Ilford North
No schools will benefit
Ilford South
No schools will benefit
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