Thank
you for your recent email about schools funding.
My
personal view on this is that I do think we need to put more money into schools.
However,
I think the right place for this decision will be in the Comprehensive Spending
Review next year. I also should acknowledge that while we have put more money
into schools they do face increasing pressure on their cost, particularly for
teacher’s pensions
Whilst
the recent fair funding review was a big step in the right direction to address
the historic under-funding of some schools, particularly small rural schools
such as we have many of in Cornwall, it will take time for this to work
through.
I
will be pressing the Government to increase the schools budget as part of the
spending review next year.
