REVEALED: THE LEWISHAM SCHOOLS STILL FACING CUTS DESPITE BORIS JOHNSON’S CLAIMS OF EDUCATION FUNDING

Posted by Vijay Naidu | Updated 2019-11-20

Lib Dem candidate for Lewisham West & Penge Alex Feakes has accused the Prime Minister of hypocrisy on education as new figures reveal how virtually half of the schools in Lewisham constituencies are facing real terms cuts or standstill funding in the coming year.

The funding for each school is revealed in figures from the House of Commons Library on the so-called “notional and provisional” funding for each school. They show that 33 of the schools in the three Lewisham constituencies are facing cuts with another eight seeing no change at all in real terms funding in the coming year compared to 2019/20.

This comes despite Boris Johnson’s claim to provide “additional funding now and for the future for every school” when he became Prime Minister in the summer.

The figures show that primary schools in the Lewisham East constituency face an average cut of 0.1% and secondary schools a cut of 1.2%. Primary schools in Lewisham Deptford face an average cut of 0.2% and secondary schools of 0.6%. All schools in Lewisham West and Penge, which crosses over into Bromley Borough, see on average a small increase of 0.5%.

Schools are already under severe pressure as the Conservative government has cut funding.

Nationally, the Lib Dems have committed to increasing funding by £10 billion a year, with their education funding policy being one of the five priorities outlined by Lib Dem Leader Jo Swinson this week.

Lib Dem candidate for Lewisham West Penge Alex Feakes said: “As a teacher, I see first-hand how Tory cuts to education are affecting schools across Lewisham and beyond. It’s the most shortsighted policy to short change our schools instead of investing in education.

“Our country needs teachers and needs schools as the engine for our future development as a country. Every school needs real terms funding increases so we can give all our kids the best chance in life.

“If elected as MP, I will make sure we support our schools. The Lib Dem policy for £10bn a year more for schools and to recruit 20,000 more teachers will build a better future for Britain.”

Lewisham Lib Dems analysis from the House of Commons figures for each school is set out in the table below.

School	Phase	2019-20	2020-21		*% change*

Adamsrill Primary School	Primary	5,350		5,202	-2.8%
Addey and Stanhope School	Secondary	7,084		7,090	+0.1%
Alexandra Infant School	Primary	4,691		4,689	-0.0%
Alexandra Junior School	Primary	4,256		4,271	+0.4%
All Saints' Church of England Primary School	Primary	4,731		4,722	-0.2%
Ashmead Primary School	Primary	5,014		5,078	+1.3%
Athelney Primary School	Primary	5,327		5,419	+1.7%
Balgowan Primary School	Primary	3,589		3,682	+2.6%
Baring Primary School	Primary	5,483		4,994	-8.9%
Beecroft Garden Primary	Primary	5,846		5,669	-3.0%
Bonus Pastor Catholic College	Secondary	7,062		7,015	-0.7%
Brindishe Green School	Primary	5,164		5,184	+0.4%
Brindishe Lee School	Primary	4,841		4,945	+2.2%
Brindishe Manor School	Primary	4,838		4,838	+0.0%
Childeric Primary School	Primary	5,593		5,403	-3.4%
Churchfields Primary School	Primary	4,267		4,270	+0.1%
Conisborough Colleg	Secondary	7,448		7,338	-1.5%
Cooper's Lane Primary School	Primary	4,874		4,865	-0.2%
Dalmain Primary School	Primary	5,248		4,913	-6.4%
Deptford Green School	Secondary	7,903		7,789	-1.4%
Deptford Park Primary School	Primary	5,404		5,422	+0.3%
Downderry Primary School	Primary	5,102		5,121	+0.4%
Edmund Waller Primary School	Primary	4,970		5,025	+1.1%
Elfrida Primary School	Primary	5,247		5,317	+1.3%
Eliot Bank Primary School	Primary	4,717		4,760	+0.9%
Fairlawn Primary School	Primary	4,580		4,572	-0.2%
Forest Hill School	Secondary	7,009		6,984	-0.4%
Forster Park Primary School	Primary	5,449		5,473	+0.5%
Good Shepherd RC School	Primary	5,200		5,258	+1.1%
Gordonbrock Primary School	Primary	4,801		4,796	-0.1%
Grinling Gibbons Primary School	Primary	5,494		5,624	+2.4%
Haberdashers' Aske's Hatcham College	All-through	5,837		5,833	-0.1%
Haberdashers' Aske's Hatcham Temple Grove Free School	Primary	4,685		4,626	-1.3%
Haberdashers' Aske's Knights Academy	All-through	6,219		6,273	+0.9%
Harris Girls Academy Bromley	Secondary	5,755		5,858	+1.8%
Harris Primary Academy Crystal Palace	Primary	4,793		4,787	-0.1%
Harris Primary Academy Kent House	Primary	4,974		4,985	+0.2%
Haseltine Primary School	Primary	5,333		5,422	+1.7%
Holbeach Primary School	Primary	5,294		5,303	+0.2%
Holy Cross Catholic Primary School	Primary	5,226		5,211	-0.3%
Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School	Primary	5,595		5,625	+0.5%
Horniman Primary School	Primary	4,806		4,931	+2.6%
James Dixon Primary School	Primary	4,887		4,889	+0.0%
John Ball Primary School	Primary	4,614		4,653	+0.8%
John Stainer Community Primary School	Primary	5,115		4,977	-2.7%
Kelvin Grove Primary School	Primary	5,150		5,148	-0.0%
Kender Primary School	Primary	5,350		5,394	+0.8%
Kilmorie Primary School	Primary	4,756		4,803	+1.0%
Launcelot Primary School	Primary	5,158		5,290	+2.6%
Lucas Vale Primary School	Primary	5,204		5,294	+1.7%
Marvels Lane Primary School	Primary	5,448		5,551	+1.9%
Myatt Garden Primary School	Primary	4,901		5,025	+2.5%
Our Lady and St Philip Neri Roman Catholic Primary School	Primary	5,187		4,997	-3.7%
Perrymount Primary School	Primary	5,759		5,835	+1.3%
Prendergast - Ladywell Fields College	All-through	7,174		7,141	-0.5%
Prendergast School	Secondary	6,355		6,358	+0.0%
Prendergast Vale School	All-through	6,590		6,695	+1.6%
Rangefield Primary School	Primary	5,215		5,288	+1.4%
Rathfern Primary School	Primary	5,098		5,188	+1.8%
Rushey Green Primary School	Primary	5,234		5,158	-1.5%
Sandhurst Primary School	Primary	5,063		4,932	-2.6%
Sedgehill School	Secondary	7,952		8,294	+4.3%
Sir Francis Drake Primary School	Primary	5,613		5,901	+5.1%
St Anthony's Roman Catholic Primary School	Primary	5,257		5,260	+0.1%
St Augustine's Catholic Primary School and Nursery	Primary	5,175		5,166	-0.2%
St Bartholomews's Church of England Primary School	Primary	4,816		4,803	-0.3%
St George's CofE Primary School	Primary	5,676		5,651	-0.4%
St James's Hatcham Church of England Primary School	Primary	5,625		5,549	-1.3%
St John Baptist Southend Church of England Primary School	Primary	5,103		5,091	-0.2%
St John's Church of England Primary School	Primary	4,565		4,952	+8.5%
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School	Primary	5,215		5,250	+0.7%
St Margaret's Lee CofE Primary School	Primary	5,064		5,056	-0.2%
St Mary Magdalen's Catholic Primary School	Primary	5,424		5,375	-0.9%
St Mary's Lewisham Church of England Primary School	Primary	5,885		5,891	+0.1%
St Matthew Academy	All-through	6,267		6,268	+0.0%
St Michael's Church of England Primary School	Primary	5,304		5,348	+0.8%
St Saviour's Catholic Primary School	Primary	5,328		5,343	+0.3%
St Stephen's Church of England Primary School	Primary	5,165		5,173	+0.2%
St William of York Catholic Primary School	Primary	5,032		5,093	+1.2%
St Winifred's RC Primary School	Primary	4,808		4,785	-0.5%
Stewart Fleming Primary School	Primary	4,134		4,128	-0.1%
Stillness Infant School	Primary	4,957		4,969	+0.2%
Stillness Junior School	Primary	4,810		4,846	+0.8%
Sydenham School	Secondary	6,527		6,525	-0.0%
Tidemill Academy	Primary	5,879		5,870	-0.2%
Torridon Primary School	Primary	5,044		5,045	+0.0%
Trinity School	All-through	6,870		6,851	-0.3%
Turnham Academy	Primary	5,532		5,560	+0.5%

NOTES

The Liberal Democract policy for more funding for schools and teacher is set out at: https://www.libdems.org.uk/plan
The House of Commons Library analysis is available at: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/social-policy/education/provisional-school-funding-2020-21-constituency-and-school-level-data. The National Funding Formula (NFF) figures calculate notional funding allocations for schools based on pupil numbers, and various pupil and school characteristics. These allocations are provisional because they will be updated to take into account more recent pupil number data. They are notional because the NFF is currently in a transition phase (known as the ‘soft’ format). This means the local authority retains some flexibility in deciding the final allocations that schools actually receive.

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