Key information
Date: Wednesday 08 March 2017
Time: All day
Motion detail
“This Assembly notes with alarm Government proposals to review the national funding formula for schools, which will leave most schools in London worse off.
10 of the 12 boroughs worst affected by the cuts are in London, and the boroughs which saw vast improvements in educational standards and achievement between 1997 and 2010, namely Hackney, Camden, Lambeth, Lewisham, Haringey, Newham, Southwark, Tower Hamlets, Hammersmith and Fulham and Kensington and Chelsea.
According to the National Audit Office (NAO), real term cuts to education funding are likely to be around 8% per pupil.
The Assembly expresses concern that cuts to schools will make it harder to recruit and retain good teachers, limiting the chance of pay progression.
The Assembly calls on the Mayor to write to the Secretary of State for Education, Rt. Hon Justine Greening MP, a London MP herself, to ask her to review her policy and revaluate the proposed funding formula to mitigate its effect on London students.”
Response to motion
Mayor's response to motions passed on 8 March 2017