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Fairer Funding for North Cornwall's Schools

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Scott has been campaigning for the Government to address the disparity in pupil funding between urban and rural schools and implement a new fairer funding formula.

It has been the case for many years that a pupil in a school in one part of the country can receive over 50 per cent more funding than a pupil in an identical school in another part of the country, and it is important to make schools and early education funding fairer.

Scott has therefore joined other MPs from across the UK in calling for a fairer funding model which recognises the challenges facing schools in rural areas like North Cornwall. In October 2015, Scott signed a letter to the Prime Minister along with 110 other MPs asking that school funding be made fairer and repeated these calls in Parliament on a number of occassions.

In July 2017, the Government announced £1.3 billion extra for schools, and in September after lengthy consultation with schools and the public, it revealed its new National Funding Formula which will implement a fairer funding model and deliver an increase in funding for every school and pupil in North Cornwall, with an average funding increase of 4.3%.

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Scott Mann MP welcomes extra funding for school improvements

Monday, 6 July, 2020

Following a rigorous assessment process, the Secretary of State for Education has announced over £434 million for 1,476 projects at 1,243 academies, sixth form colleges and non-diocesan voluntary aided schools.

Ofsted

Boris Johnson: Only the Conservatives will protect standards in our schools

Friday, 29 November, 2019

A Conservative majority government will give Ofsted greater powers and more money to improve discipline in classrooms and bolster school standards, under new plans revealed today.

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Scott Mann discusses fairer funding with Education Secretary

Wednesday, 9 October, 2019

North Cornwall's MP, Scott Mann, and his Cornish colleagues have met with Secretary of State for Education, Gavin Williamson, to press for fairer funding for Cornish children. 

Westminster

Scott Mann welcomes £14 billion cash boost for schools in North Cornwall

Monday, 2 September, 2019

The Prime Minister has announced that we are boosting schools with a record £14 billion, levelling up per pupil funding across the country so every child in North Cornwall has a world class education. 

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Three schools in North Cornwall will benefit from the Rural Gigabit Connectivity (RCG) programme

Tuesday, 21 May, 2019

Three schools in North Cornwall will benefit from the Rural Gigabit Connectivity (RCG) programme.

RGC is a two year, £200 million UK-wide programme focused on rural areas and the Government has initially prioritised sites including Cornwall.

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Scott's speech in Parliament on the School Funding Debate

Thursday, 25 April, 2019

Was delighted to speak in today's School Funding debate in Parliament. I spoke on behalf of Cornish Headteacher's to raise the issue with lesser funding in North Cornwall as opposed to London.

Find my speech below:

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Scott heralds more funding for Cornwall’s schools

Thursday, 14 September, 2017

Scott Mann has welcomed new school funding levels for which, after campaigning for the past two years for fairer funding, will see schools in North Cornwall receive significant increases.

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Scott Mann welcomes £1.3bn extra for schools

Monday, 17 July, 2017

MP for North Cornwall, Scott Mann, has welcomed an announcement by the Government that an extra £1.3 billion will be provided for schools between 2018 and 2020.

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Scott welcomes £415m to help pupils get healthy start in life

Wednesday, 8 March, 2017

Scott Mann has welcomed the announcement from Education Secretary Justine Greening that schools are to receive £415 million to help pupils benefit from healthier, more active lifestyles.

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Scott urges North Cornwall schools to take part in school funding consultation

Thursday, 15 December, 2016

The Department for Education are consulting on a new funding formula so that rural schools get more money

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September 2019 - The Prime Minister has announced that we are boosting schools with a record £14 billion, levelling up per-pupil funding across the country so every child in North Cornwall has a world-class education. The cash boost will mean that every secondary school in North Cornwall will receive a minimum of £5,000 per pupil next year and every primary school will get a minimum of £4,000 per pupil from 2021-22, rising at least in line with inflation

September 2017 - After a lengthy consultation, the Government publishes its new National Funding Formula to be rolled out for 2017/18. The new formula will see a funding increase for all schools in North Cornwall which recognises the rurality and sparsity of schools in the countryside. The constituency will see an average 4.3% rise in funding.

July 2017 - The Government announced an extra £1.3 billion for schools funding which will see funding increase for every pupil, with underfunded schools seeing potential increases of 3%. More detailed proposals will be published in the Autumn as part of the new National Funding Formula.

May 2017 - The Conservative Party promised to increase spending on schools, with no pupil losing out under a new funding formula. Total school spending would increase by £4 billion by 2022.

December 2016 - Stage 2 proposals for a National Funding Formula show significant gains for schools in North Cornwall, with some seeing tens of thousands of pounds in potential extra funding.

November 2015 - A new 'National Funding Formula' will be introduced to address the disparity between rural and uban schools, with a Government consultation to be launched in the New Year.

2015 - The Government has announced it will protect the amount spent on each pupil and will honour the election pledge of making schools funding fairer. In 2015-16, an additional £390 million funding has been provided for the 69 least well-funded local authorities in the country, the biggest step toward fairer schools funding in 10 years.

Watch Scott raise the issue of fairer pupil funding in the House of Commons here

And the possibility of a "Rural Funding Challenge" here

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