Comments on: R4U opposes £2 million cuts to Uttlesford Secondary Schools https://www.residents4u.org/2017/01/10/r4u-opposes-2-million-cuts-uttlesford-secondary-schools/ Love where you live Sun, 13 Oct 2019 21:55:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: R4U https://www.residents4u.org/2017/01/10/r4u-opposes-2-million-cuts-uttlesford-secondary-schools/#comment-531 Mon, 23 Jan 2017 07:23:39 +0000 http://www.residents4u.org/?p=8966#comment-531 In reply to Daniel Brett.

They still get central funding

]]> By: Daniel Brett https://www.residents4u.org/2017/01/10/r4u-opposes-2-million-cuts-uttlesford-secondary-schools/#comment-529 Thu, 12 Jan 2017 14:08:47 +0000 http://www.residents4u.org/?p=8966#comment-529 ” Essex County Council is responsible for education locally. Seventy-two pence in every pound of our council tax goes to them – and they even put it up by nearly 4% last year, yet where is our money for our schools? ”

Aren’t these schools academies? If so, then Essex isn’t responsible because they are independent of local authority control.

]]> By: R4U https://www.residents4u.org/2017/01/10/r4u-opposes-2-million-cuts-uttlesford-secondary-schools/#comment-528 Tue, 10 Jan 2017 09:59:14 +0000 http://www.residents4u.org/?p=8966#comment-528 In reply to malcolm.

Great question Malcolm. Most schools already accept donations. For example the SWCHS has a trust specifically for parents to donate to http://www.swchs.net/Fundraising, which many do. It would seem schools need to tread a fine line between raising the funds they need from those that can afford it without stigmatising those that can’t – after all access to education is free by law. It also becomes a slippery slope if there were a national policy for parents to co-pay for education…it would in effect be the end to free education for all and probably create a multi-tier system that would limit life opportunities for some.

]]> By: malcolm https://www.residents4u.org/2017/01/10/r4u-opposes-2-million-cuts-uttlesford-secondary-schools/#comment-527 Tue, 10 Jan 2017 09:08:14 +0000 http://www.residents4u.org/?p=8966#comment-527 Thank you for highlighting this and promoting it as a significant issue. I have a question, and it is just that, a question. Is there any reason why parents cannot be charged voluntarily by the school to make up the difference? The School is excellent and I have two children in it, We are also in an relatively affluent area so a small charge would not be significant to many families but I assume very helpful towards the continued overall success of the school?

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