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Schools are at breaking point as funding is not keeping up with the expenditure schools face. The government’s funding commitment for schools is not adequate and equates to a real-terms cut in education spending. The situation is critical for schools, so NAHT is campaigning to:

Lobby the government to provide sufficient funding for the education of all pupils 

 

  • Support the School Cuts campaign
  • Lobby for provision of accessible and available health, social care and other therapeutic services to support pupils' educational progress and attainment
  • Lobby for sufficient funding for the High Needs block
  • Lobby for sufficient funding to support pupils with SEND in all mainstream schools
  • Lobby for more funding for early years education; including specific funding to stabilise and protect the maintained nursery school sector
  • Support the Raise the Rate campaign to ensure sufficient funding for students in sixth form / FE / KS5 education
  • Maximise the funding for pupil premium for schools through auto enrolment
  • Press the government to provide appropriate support to schools for financial planning and resource management
  • Develop a better understanding of the unique challenges facing small schools and lobby the government to ensure their long-term sustainability
  • Lobby government to introduce the hard funding formula

Lobby to ensure that schools have sufficient funds to provide a safe environment for pupils and staff

  • Press for the phased removal of asbestos from the school estate
  • Lobby the DfE to secure sufficient capital funding and restoration of the school estate where required
  • Press the government to ensure that health and safety regulations maintain the highest standard of safety within schools
  • Lobby the DfE to support members to effectively manage the school estate

NAHT marches to Downing Street to hand over petition in support of maintained nursery schools

Yesterday (20 October 2021), more than 200 of our members marched from Parliament Square to Downing Street with other education campaigners and MPs to deliver a petition to the chancellor.

The petition was signed by more than 2,300 school leaders, staff and educators from almost every maintained nursery school in the country. It calls on chancellor Rishi Sunak to take urgent action to provide adequate funding for maintained nursery schools and support to address the impact of the pandemic.

The whole day was a great success, and it received a lot of press and social media coverage.

Find out more about the march, take a look at some of the great images from the event and read all about our ongoing campaign.

First published 21 October 2021

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