LOCAL SCHOOLS WILL GET £5.8M CASH BOOST UNDER LIB DEM EDUCATION PLANS
March 8, 2010 3:00 PM
Julia reading to local children in Tehidy, near Camborne
Primary and secondary schools in Camborne, Redruth, Hayle, Falmouth and Helston would receive a cash boost of nearly £6m under plans unveiled by the Liberal Democrats.
The party has vowed to increase funding for schools in poorer areas, pledging £2.5bn across the UK - an average of £2,500 per pupil.Their proposals would reverse the current funding system, which leaves schools in Cornwall £20 million out of pocket compared to the national average.
Seven secondary schools in the Falmouth and Camborne area would receive an extra £2,701,758, while 45 primaries would get an extra £3,102,942 - enough for more than 200 new teachers.
Local MP Julia Goldsworthy said: "This is the party's biggest funding commitment, because we believe that every child deserves the opportunity for a fair start in life.
"Under the current system, created by the last Conservative Government and perpetuated by Labour, pupils in Cornwall get £338 less each year than the national average. This is an unfairness that must be put right once and for all."
The extra funding will be paid for by reforming the tax credits system and by cutting the cost of bureaucrats in the Department for Education. Conservative plans for education funding do not involve additional investment, so would leave many schools facing cuts.
Julia said: "Our education plan is a fully costed, carefully thought out programme that will correct decades of underfunding in Cornish schools. It is a package that will give our schools the fair deal we have long been campaigning for.
"Having already secured an extra £94 million for the Cornish NHS, securing the same funding formula for education will be a top priority for the next Parliament."
The secondary schools that would benefit under the Lib Dems' plans are:
- Camborne Science and Community College: £479,196
- Hayle Community School: £479,196
- Redruth School: £428,910
- Pool Business and Enterprise College: £396,372
- Falmouth School: £319,464
- Penryn College: £313,548
- Helston Commuinity College: £284,742
The primary schools included are:
- Blackwater Community Primary School: £26, 622
- Bodriggy Primary School: £210,018
- Connor Downs Primary School: £38,454
- Constantine Primary School: £23,664
- Boskenwyn Community Primary School: £20,706
- Falmouth Primary School: £283,968
- Flushing School: £26,622
- Gwinear Community Primary School: £38,454
- Halwin School: £20,706
- Illogan School: £106,488
- Kehelland Village School: £8,874
- Kennal Vale School: £32,538
- King Charles Primary School: £88,740
- Lanner Primary School: £29,580
- Leedstown Community Primary School: £20,706
- Mabe Community Primary School: £41,412
- Marlborough School: £50,286
- Mawnan CofE VA Primary School: £26,622
- Mount Hawke Community Primary School: £38,454
- Nansloe Community Primary School: £79,866
- Parc Eglos School: £50,286
- Pencoys Primary School: £53,244
- Penpol School: £121,278
- Penryn Community Infant School: £100,572
- Penryn Junior School: £180,438
- Portreath Community Primary School: £14,790
- Rosemellin Community Primary School: £106,488
- Roskear School: £201,144
- Sithney Community Primary School: £23,664
- St Day and Carharrack Community School: £32,538
- St Erth Community Primary School: £14,790
- St John's Catholic Primary School: £29,580
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School: £32,538
- St Meriadoc CofE Junior School: £133,110
- St Meriadoc CofE Nursery and Infant School: £70,992
- Stithians Community Primary School: £32,538
- Trannack Community Primary School: £20,706
- Treleigh Community Primary: £91,698
- Treloweth Community Primary School: £260,304
- Trewirgie Junior School: £79,866
- Trewirgie Infant School: £68,034
- Troon Community Primary School: £70,992
- Weeth Community Primary School: £79,866
- Wendron CofE Primary School: £8,874
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