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To: Secretary for Education Nicky Morgan
Protect School Budgets
Protect school budgets by increasing them to cover the increase in Pension contributions and staff pay increases that schools are responsible for.
Why is this important?
Reduced School budgets will have a negative effect on the education of all children particularly in small schools. Although it looks as though school funding is increasing year on year, the expenditure faced by schools is increasing year on year. Budgets are not keeping pace with increases to pensions and staffing cost increases, as well as, the rapidly rising cost of heating and maintaining premises. This is a particular issue for small schools or schools in aging buildings. If this continues it will result in small schools closing especially in rural areas and hugely affect the education of all children in this country.
