Sign our petition for more cash for Devon schools
The Sidmouth Herald has launched a petition asking the Government to give more funding to schools so Sidmouth College can have a bright future and not be forced to cut jobs.
Jeremy Roberts outside Sidmouth College |
UNFAIR regional funding from Government has left Sidmouth College faced with having to seek voluntary redundancies among its 100 teaching and support staff.
It is among 37 Devon secondary schools that finds their budgets severely stretched by Government’s massive regional differences in funding.
The county is 146th out of 149 education authorities in a table showing how much is allocated per child through the dedicated schools grant. This year, while London boroughs such as City of London - top of the list - gets £7,603 per child, Devon pupils get half that at £3,843.
Also, Government wants heads like Sidmouth’s Jeremy Roberts, to find efficiency savings of one percent each year.
Having pared down spending by cutting 'soft' targets such as reducing photocopying, replacing text books less often and making do with computers longer, he said there was nowhere else to go but look for savings in staffing.
If Sidmouth College had the average amount allocated to schools through the Government funding criteria it would be an extra £1.4million better off in 2009 ‘and there would be no problem at all.’
More money for schools
I strongly oppose the Government's unfair regional funding policy which discriminates against many schools, specifically Sidmouth College.
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fill in the form with your details and any comments and click submit
The list of names will be given to Hugo Swire MP who has agreed to pass the petition to Minister for Schools Jim Knight.
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