Oldham Schools face £19.5m cuts

Oldham has seen another year of bruising cuts to school budgets, and the Tories claim of levelling up is left in tatters.

In the coming year Oldham’s primary schools, secondary schools and sixth forms are set to miss out on £19.5m, leaving pupils without the specialist support they need to thrive.

The campaign for fair funding has been taken to parents and carers at schools and door to door to raise awareness.

In a frantic attempt to closedown democracy, Oldham’s small band of Tories are now trying to stop parents and carers discussing these cuts with councillors and the MP at the gates of the very schools affected.

Claiming ‘health and safety’ risks, it must have escaped their attention that this important part of democracy, where those who are elected work all year round, and go to the places where people go about their daily lives, and has been happening for decades without issue.

Away from the distraction being caused, it is important we focus on the huge scale of cuts to our schools.

The figures used by Schoolcuts.org.uk have been validated by the Institute for Fiscal Studies.