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To: Leicestershire MPs
Protect our schools
We are calling on all of the Leicestershire MPs to fight against school cuts, and the loss of jobs that will follow.
Why is this important?
The Government has proposed giving teachers a 2.8% pay rise, and that this will be unfunded. This means that the additional cost in wages will come out of existing school budgets. After over a decade of austerity in schools, there is only one thing left to cut, jobs.
Schools in Leicestershire are facing additional cuts as the government has underfunded the provision of education for children with a high level of SEND needs. This will cost schools on average 0.5% of their current budgets, with some of the schools in the most deprived areas paying more (https://democracy.leics.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=1018&MId=7978&Ver=4)
We are calling on Leicestershire MPs to put children first and:
Schools in Leicestershire are facing additional cuts as the government has underfunded the provision of education for children with a high level of SEND needs. This will cost schools on average 0.5% of their current budgets, with some of the schools in the most deprived areas paying more (https://democracy.leics.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=1018&MId=7978&Ver=4)
We are calling on Leicestershire MPs to put children first and:
- Speak out against the proposed cuts to school budgets
- Make a stand for the proper funding of SEND education in the county
- To pressure the government to offer an pay increase for all school workers which will allow schools to recruit.
