CYP Now - Schools in deprived areas to be 'worse off' despite government funding claims

Cuts to schools funding have hit the poorest pupils three times harder than their wealthier peers, with new funding allocations not enough to redress austerity, a coalition of education unions has warned.

Some 83 per cent of schools will be worse off in 2020/21 than they were in 2015, with schools, particularly in deprived areas, "struggling to paper over the cracks" caused by wider austerity measures, according to the School Cuts coalition.

The group, made up of the National Education Union (NEU), the National Association of Headteachers (NAHT) and the Association of School and College Lecturers (ASCL), has launched a new searchable map charting the cuts.

At primary level, schools in deprived areas saw cuts of £382 per pupil compared with better-off areas at £125, the coalition analysis finds.

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