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Cut class sizes for a fair start for children

Mon, 01 Feb 2010

Only when we get education funding back on track will be able to give all our children the fair start they deserve, says Nick Clegg, Leader of the Liberal Democrats

To give every child a fair start in life, the Liberal Democrats will spend an extra £2.5bn on schools, guaranteeing them the money they need to support children who are struggling. It will be targeted at schools that take on children who need more help and can be used to ensure all pupils get the individual attention they need by cutting class sizes.

Nick Clegg, Leader of the Liberal Democrats said: "Under our plans, our schools would get further money which they could use to cut class sizes and provide more individual support.

With the current unfairness in Labour's education funding it’s no surprise there is such a gap in achievement between children from the poorest backgrounds and those families who are better off. Only when we get education funding back on track will be able to give all our children the fair start they deserve.”

Regional Breakdown

The breakdown below show is by Local Edcuation Authority and Region and shows the total amount the 'pupil premium' would invest to fund the education of all pupils, who qualify for free school meals, to private school levels.

Devon and Cornwall
East Midlands
East of England
London
North East
North West
South Central
South East
West Midlands
Yorkshire and Humber

Devon and Cornwall
Cornwall: £22,119,924
Devon: £27,309,882
Plymouth: £13,348,720
Torbay: £7,228,386

East Midlands
Derby: £16,838,354
Derbyshire: £32,470,048
Leicester: £23,709,550
Leicestershire: £18,434,688
Lincolnshire: £21,275,896
Northamptonshire: £22,892,896
Nottingham: £20,112,960
Nottinghamshire: £36,937,416
Rutland: £547,722

East of England
Bedfordshire: £16,623,328
Cambridgeshire: £18,560,700
Essex: £47,570,144
Hertfordshire: £33,886,578
Luton: £15,980,230
Norfolk: £35,747,664
Peterborough: £10,852,116
Southend-on-Sea: £9,640,800
Suffolk: £25,991,984
Thurrock: £8,204,484

London
Barking and Dagenham: £15,534,480
Barnet: £18,363,794
Bexley: £9,267,912
Brent: £16,278,826
Bromley: £12,946,948
Camden: £3,122,624
Croydon: £23,106,288
Ealing: £17,830,428
Enfield: £25,171,496
Greenwich: £10,739,148
Hackney: £471,360
Hammersmith and Fulham: £4,755,888
Haringey: £14,950,222
Harrow: £10,533,600
Havering: £9,747,252
Hillingdon: £15,851,344
Hounslow: £13,458,606
Islington: £5,777,090
Kensington and Chelsea: £2,643,456
Kingston upon Thames: £4,261,968
Lambeth: £5,380,984
Lewisham: £8,887,208
Merton: £6,726,720
Newham: £20,909,360
Redbridge: £18,047,274
Richmond upon Thames: £5,608,148
Southwark: £7,274,448
Sutton: £7,648,112
Tower Hamlets: £1,036,100
Waltham Forest: £17,491,584
Wandsworth: £9,684,664
Westminster: £7,141,440

North East
Darlington: £6,658,404
Durham: £30,862,224
Gateshead: £12,777,210
Hartlepool: £7,633,524
Middlesbrough: £14,579,768
Newcastle upon Tyne: £21,657,438
North Tyneside: £10,434,168
Northumberland: £15,159,438
Redcar and Cleveland: £10,701,600
South Tyneside: £10,956,144
Stockton-on-Tees: £12,198,290
Sunderland: £20,923,056

North West
Blackburn with Darwen: £11,897,402
Blackpool: £12,857,078
Bolton: £21,373,556
Bury: £10,720,584
Cheshire: £25,863,624
Cumbria: £20,907,720
Halton: £7,986,608
Knowsley: £15,104,580
Lancashire: £53,690,406
Liverpool: £41,373,176
Manchester: £45,775,546
Oldham: £20,525,274
Rochdale: £17,668,464
Salford: £18,312,208
Sefton: £16,340,072
St. Helens: £12,737,136
Stockport: £14,021,240
Tameside: £15,557,316
Trafford: £10,256,022
Warrington: £7,474,780
Wigan: £17,695,436
Wirral: £29,785,552

South Central
Bournemouth: £6,148,898
Bracknell Forest: £2,355,916
Buckinghamshire: £10,547,004
Hampshire: £37,239,890
Isle of Wight: £7,523,576
Milton Keynes: £11,237,096
Oxfordshire: £19,459,344
Portsmouth: £9,543,392
Reading: £6,349,220
Slough: £6,967,952
Southampton: £13,010,088
West Berkshire: £4,029,256
Windsor and Maidenhead: £2,857,428
Wokingham: £2,735,278

South East
Brighton and Hove: £11,952,778
East Sussex: £18,059,848
Kent: £55,193,304
Medway: £12,302,880
Surrey: £24,965,568
West Sussex: £16,121,568

West Midlands
Birmingham: £112,527,324
Coventry: £22,885,500
Dudley: £20,282,700
Herefordshire: £4,770,756
Sandwell: £22,228,248
Shropshire: £9,495,090
Solihull: £12,281,568
Staffordshire: £31,632,128
Stoke-on-Trent: £19,606,802
Telford and Wrekin: £12,557,152
Walsall: £22,059,618
Warwickshire: £18,273,008
Wolverhampton: £18,255,636
Worcestershire: £20,005,654

Western Counties
Bath and North East Somerset: £5,463,540
City of Bristol: £22,172,024
Dorset: £8,513,824
Gloucestershire: £19,096,416
North Somerset: £7,607,448
Poole: £3,374,136
Somerset: £15,385,612
South Gloucestershire: £8,474,416
Swindon: £11,330,496
Wiltshire: £11,341,608

Yorkshire and Humber
Barnsley: £15,947,062
Bradford: £43,771,984
Calderdale: £12,316,920
Doncaster: £19,415,036
East Riding of Yorkshire: £10,376,956
Kingston upon Hull: £21,801,012
Kirklees: £25,084,504
Leeds: £48,999,366
North East Lincolnshire: £10,127,376
North Lincolnshire: £8,009,474
North Yorkshire: £16,670,714
Rotherham: £17,115,720
Sheffield: £30,391,096
Wakefield: £18,587,472
York: £5,840,744