The Local Government Association (LGA) has said that the government's proposed national funding formula leaves councils frozen out of local school funding matters.
In particular, it removes their flexibility to provide extra money to areas with the greatest needs, such as to ensure small rural schools can stay open or to help schools meet rising local demand for SEN support.
"A strict application of the national formula will see councils lose their ability to work with head teachers, governors and schools forums to determine need in their local areas," says an LGA statement.
"Decisions about providing additional funding for more teachers or providing higher allocations for small rural schools to ensure they can stay open cannot be made from Whitehall.
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