Schools in West Sussex join forces to demand more funding

Following concerted efforts from every primary, secondary and special school head in the county – all of whom signed their names to the Worth Less? campaign for fairer funding – the government provided an additional £930,000 interim payment to help them make ends meet, before a new system is introduced in 2017. But the money fell short of the amount needed to make a difference to the over-stretched budgets of the county’s schools.

Pupils have taken to social media to voice their concerns.