I'm sure your lovely D has looked into what funding is available especially the Pupil Premium Money.
In December 2016, the Department for Education (DfE) announced plans for a newNational Funding Formulafor schools in England. Some schools lost out with this but others did gain.
The schools that were likely to benefit the most from the National Funding Formula are:
- Schools where pupils have low prior attainment
- Schools where pupils live in areas with higher than average levels of deprivation
- Schools in areas where local authority funding is currently low
- Small rural schools.
As a chair of Gov at that time, I remember researching into what impact it would have on our school which was in a socially deprived area and it looked like we would loose out. I know that Inner London schools did loose out as historically they were seen as deprived, and so attracted more money.
Deprivation (so it was reported by DfE) has fallen in recent years and the gap between the ‘haves’ and ‘have nots’ has narrowed.
We were constantly having fund raising events and I managed to get a £12,000 grant for playground equipment and a shelter for our parents.