STAFFORDSHIRE SCHOOLS LOSE OUT AGAIN
In answer to a Parliamentary Written Question to Michael Fabricant, Schools Minister David Milliband has revealed to him that
Staffordshire schools are again near the bottom of the league for funding per pupil for 2005-06. Out of 150 local education
authorities, Staffordshire primary schools are 5th from the bottom while Staffordshire secondary schools do a little better at 10th
from the bottom.
"This is another disappointing result particularly given Labour’s pledge back in 1997 that the inequality in school funding would be
eradicated in 12 months. Eight years later, a secondary head in Staffordshire will get £3,021 per pupil compared with £3,736 in
Slough or £5,051 in Tower Hamlets. In a school of 1,100 pupils, that is an annual income difference of £786,500 and £2,233,000 in a
year respectively. This can’t be fair" says Michael Fabricant. "It is revealing that this information only came available when I had
to table a carefully worded Parliamentary written question.
"I will continue to campaign, as I have done since I was elected for direct funding from London on an equal per child basis. That is
the only logical way forward."
The complete table for primary and secondary school funding for 2005-06 follows.
PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL FUNDING PER PUPIL 2005-06
expressed as the average School Formula Spending Share
| Primary | Secondary | ||
| Tower Hamlets | 4,155 | Tower Hamlets | 5,051 |
| City of London | 3,991 | City of London | 4,860 |
| Hackney | 3,820 | Hackney | 4,770 |
| Isles of Scilly | 3,804 | Southwark | 4,706 |
| Islington | 3,721 | Lambeth | 4,698 |
| Westminster | 3,682 | Islington | 4,695 |
| Lambeth | 3,661 | Westminster | 4,500 |
| Camden | 3,654 | Lewisham | 4,492 |
| Southwark | 3,611 | Isles of Scilly | 4,452 |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | 3,528 | Camden | 4,449 |
| Lewisham | 3,448 | Hammersmith and Fulham | 4,446 |
| Greenwich | 3,430 | Wandsworth | 4,386 |
| Kensington and Chelsea | 3,377 | Greenwich | 4,352 |
| Wandsworth | 3,376 | Kensington and Chelsea | 4,216 |
| Newham | 3,321 | Newham | 4,026 |
| Brent | 3,239 | Brent | 3,987 |
| Haringey | 3,185 | Haringey | 3,943 |
| Ealing | 3,157 | Ealing | 3,894 |
| Hounslow | 3,114 | Hounslow | 3,815 |
| Slough | 2,999 | Waltham Forest | 3,780 |
| Harrow | 2,979 | Slough | 3,736 |
| Waltham Forest | 2,974 | Merton | 3,715 |
| Barnet | 2,927 | Barnet | 3,682 |
| Enfield | 2,882 | Harrow | 3,662 |
| Hillingdon | 2,880 | Hillingdon | 3,629 |
| Merton | 2,873 | Barking and Dagenham | 3,619 |
| Redbridge | 2,852 | Enfield | 3,601 |
| Manchester | 2,845 | Croydon | 3,600 |
| Barking and Dagenham | 2,836 | Manchester | 3,589 |
| Birmingham | 2,821 | Reading | 3,584 |
| Leicester | 2,786 | Birmingham | 3,534 |
| Luton | 2,778 | Sutton | 3,527 |
| Reading | 2,769 | Luton | 3,523 |
| Kingston upon Thames | 2,747 | Redbridge | 3,515 |
| Croydon | 2,738 | Kingston upon Thames | 3,510 |
| Bradford | 2,729 | Richmond upon Thames | 3,479 |
| Nottingham City | 2,710 | Nottingham City | 3,441 |
| Sandwell | 2,705 | Bradford | 3,405 |
| Sutton | 2,701 | Sandwell | 3,399 |
| Blackburn | 2,700 | Bracknell Forest | 3,389 |
| Peterborough | 2,700 | Windsor and Maidenhead | 3,389 |
| West Berkshire | 2,676 | Surrey | 3,389 |
| Liverpool | 2,673 | Peterborough | 3,384 |
| Oldham | 2,669 | Liverpool | 3,382 |
| Richmond upon Thames | 2,663 | Wolverhampton | 3,374 |
| Wolverhampton | 2,658 | Milton Keynes | 3,371 |
| Knowsley | 2,652 | West Berkshire | 3,365 |
| Milton Keynes | 2,644 | Wokingham | 3,365 |
| Windsor and Maidenhead | 2,638 | Bexley | 3,353 |
| Rochdale | 2,631 | Thurrock | 3,351 |
| Middlesbrough | 2,626 | Knowsley | 3,344 |
| Surrey | 2,622 | Oldham | 3,343 |
| Southampton | 2,618 | Rochdale | 3,339 |
| Walsall | 2,613 | Southampton | 3,334 |
| Isle of Wight Council | 2,611 | Bromley | 3,330 |
| Wokingham | 2,607 | Middlesbrough | 3,328 |
| Thurrock | 2,599 | Havering | 3,326 |
| Bracknell Forest | 2,599 | City of Bristol | 3,320 |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | 2,594 | Walsall | 3,317 |
| Buckinghamshire | 2,588 | Leicester | 3,313 |
| Salford | 2,587 | Halton | 3,300 |
| Coventry | 2,585 | Salford | 3,296 |
| City of Kingston-upon-Hull | 2,582 | Blackburn | 3,287 |
| Bexley | 2,579 | City of Kingston-upon-Hull | 3,285 |
| Halton | 2,578 | Hertfordshire | 3,285 |
| Kirklees | 2,577 | Portsmouth | 3,285 |
| City of Bristol | 2,576 | Buckinghamshire | 3,284 |
| Bolton | 2,572 | Newcastle upon Tyne | 3,273 |
| Oxfordshire | 2,568 | Coventry | 3,260 |
| Stoke on Trent | 2,555 | Stoke on Trent | 3,256 |
| Portsmouth | 2,554 | Isle of Wight Council | 3,256 |
| Hertfordshire | 2,546 | South Tyneside | 3,229 |
| Herefordshire | 2,537 | Bolton | 3,229 |
| Havering | 2,536 | Oxfordshire | 3,228 |
| Hartlepool | 2,531 | Kirklees | 3,224 |
| Bromley | 2,531 | Hartlepool | 3,222 |
| Calderdale | 2,528 | Tameside | 3,218 |
| Cambridgeshire | 2,528 | Derby | 3,217 |
| South Tyneside | 2,527 | Sheffield | 3,214 |
| Doncaster | 2,526 | Calderdale | 3,206 |
| Bedfordshire | 2,524 | Dudley | 3,200 |
| Derby | 2,521 | Blackpool | 3,200 |
| Redcar and Cleveland | 2,518 | Sunderland | 3,194 |
| Wiltshire | 2,514 | Brighton and Hove | 3,190 |
| Cornwall | 2,513 | Bedfordshire | 3,186 |
| Tameside | 2,510 | Redcar and Cleveland | 3,183 |
| Sheffield | 2,510 | Wirral | 3,183 |
| Lincolnshire | 2,510 | Gateshead | 3,180 |
| Cumbria | 2,503 | Leeds | 3,178 |
| North Yorkshire | 2,499 | Southend | 3,176 |
| North Lincolnshire | 2,497 | North East Lincolnshire | 3,170 |
| Devon | 2,496 | Rotherham | 3,168 |
| Rutland | 2,496 | Doncaster | 3,167 |
| Norfolk | 2,495 | Bury | 3,166 |
| North East Lincolnshire | 2,495 | Barnsley | 3,162 |
| Northumberland | 2,493 | St. Helens | 3,150 |
| Blackpool | 2,493 | Trafford | 3,150 |
| Durham | 2,493 | Wakefield | 3,149 |
| Sunderland | 2,490 | Plymouth | 3,144 |
| Rotherham | 2,485 | Wigan | 3,144 |
| Shropshire | 2,484 | Stockton-on-Tees | 3,142 |
| Leeds | 2,483 | The Wrekin | 3,142 |
| Gateshead | 2,481 | North Tyneside | 3,134 |
| The Wrekin | 2,479 | Darlington | 3,133 |
| Dudley | 2,478 | Durham | 3,133 |
| Wirral | 2,474 | Torbay | 3,132 |
| Barnsley | 2,472 | Swindon | 3,127 |
| Brighton and Hove | 2,469 | Essex | 3,127 |
| Darlington | 2,467 | Cambridgeshire | 3,122 |
| Southend | 2,466 | Medway | 3,121 |
| Lancashire | 2,464 | Sefton | 3,120 |
| Northamptonshire | 2,456 | Kent | 3,112 |
| Stockton-on-Tees | 2,456 | Hampshire | 3,110 |
| St. Helens | 2,451 | Lancashire | 3,108 |
| Essex | 2,451 | Northamptonshire | 3,107 |
| Bury | 2,449 | West Sussex | 3,105 |
| Wakefield | 2,448 | Bath and North East Somerset | 3,103 |
| East Sussex | 2,447 | Stockport | 3,099 |
| Kent | 2,446 | Solihull | 3,099 |
| Warwickshire | 2,446 | North Somerset | 3,098 |
| East Riding of Yorkshire | 2,441 | East Sussex | 3,093 |
| Plymouth | 2,439 | Bournemouth | 3,093 |
| Suffolk | 2,438 | Warrington | 3,091 |
| Hampshire | 2,438 | North Lincolnshire | 3,089 |
| Swindon | 2,434 | Cornwall | 3,083 |
| Somerset | 2,433 | South Gloucestershire | 3,080 |
| Gloucestershire | 2,430 | Warwickshire | 3,074 |
| Trafford | 2,429 | Cheshire | 3,068 |
| West Sussex | 2,429 | Nottinghamshire | 3,065 |
| North Tyneside | 2,428 | Wiltshire | 3,063 |
| Torbay | 2,428 | Northumberland | 3,062 |
| Wigan | 2,424 | Gloucestershire | 3,057 |
| Medway | 2,421 | Norfolk | 3,050 |
| North Somerset | 2,418 | Cumbria | 3,042 |
| Sefton | 2,411 | Derbyshire | 3,040 |
| Cheshire | 2,411 | Lincolnshire | 3,038 |
| Bath and North East Somerset | 2,409 | Suffolk | 3,035 |
| Dorset | 2,409 | Poole | 3,032 |
| South Gloucestershire | 2,406 | Devon | 3,027 |
| Nottinghamshire | 2,405 | York | 3,025 |
| Derbyshire | 2,402 | Staffordshire | 3021 |
| Solihull | 2,398 | Worcestershire | 3,012 |
| Bournemouth | 2,395 | Herefordshire | 3,007 |
| Stockport | 2,382 | Somerset | 3,004 |
| Warrington | 2,374 | East Riding of Yorkshire | 3,001 |
| Staffordshire | 2374 | Shropshire | 2,986 |
| Worcestershire | 2,358 | Dorset | 2,985 |
| Leicestershire | 2,355 | North Yorkshire | 2,978 |
| York | 2,346 | Leicestershire | 2,974 |
| Poole | 2,325 | Rutland | 2,974 |