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On December the 11th GOVAS met William Wragg, MP, to get to the bottom of the funding review recently announced by the Government and what effect it will have on schools in Stockport

Stockport is one of the lowest funded Authorities in the country (for info click here f40) William has recently been campaigning for a fairer funding system in education, he took this to the House of Commons recently ( for info click here), andthe Government has listened and has agreed to review the funding system in light of the points that have been raised. A consultation will start soon and we need Stockport Governors to send a uniform message back to government. It is fair to say that while Stockport might get a bigger piece of the pie there will be others that may get less pie/funding so the overall anticipated gain may not quite be what people may expect. Other representative groups, such as for the London boroughs, will be fighting equally as hard to preserve their current funding levels, so it really is important that we all engage with this process and make sure our voice is heard.{jcomments off}