What do people find so worrying about having all schools as community schools, funded equally per pupil, with a weighting maybe for areas of deprivation? If the status of schools was equal then all this faffing and anxiety about where your child goes to school would be reduced.
At the moment there is about a £3k difference in spend per pupil in LA schools depending on the education authority area, this makes a huge difference to staffing, maintenance and resourcing etc. It is not dependent on faith or non-faith!
City schools that benefitted from a huge injection of "city challenge" money now tend to outperform other similar schools that did not receive the funding. Money does make a difference but it is not the only thing.
e.g advertising in the Times Educational Supplement costs about £4k for a small advert. Many small schools do not have this at their disposal but some schools have full page ads!! The ability to recruit the best can cost!
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