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