Backbench group calls for schools funding to be spread more evenly across England,where inner-city schools can receive £3000 more per pupilSchools in London, Manchester and Birmingham could see their funding chop and diverted to schools in rural and shire areas under proposals for a national funding formula supported by a group of backbench Conservative MPs.
The group of MPs – centred on the f40 education funding campaign group is calling for radical changes to the way that school funding is calculated, and which currently sees inner city schools receiving £2000 or £3000 more per pupil each year than schools in more rural regions.
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Source: theguardian.com