SCHOOLS in Halton are continuing to suffer because of Government funding cuts, according to new figures.

The National Education Union say that despite recent claims by the Government, 51% of schools in Halton will have less money per pupil in 2020, in real terms, than they had in 2015.

The union's district secretary Richard Turner said that 16% of schools in Halton are set to suffer further cuts in 2020. The average cut per pupil between 2015 and 2020/21 amounts to £257.

According to the National Education Union:

St Bede's Catholic Infant School has been cut by an average £431 per pupil since 2015, which has badly affected the school.

Class sizes are above average. Class sizes rose from 25.3 pupils per class in 2015 to 27.4 in 2018. Cuts are above average. Cuts are equal to the salaries of 2 teachers. Funding is below average. Child poverty is above average.

Wade Deacon High School has been cut by an average £574 per pupil since 2015, which has badly affected the school, with class sizes are above average.

Class sizes rose from 24.3 pupils per class in 2015 to 25.9 in 2018. Cuts are above average. Cuts are equal to the salaries of 17 teachers. Funding is below average. Child poverty is above average.

The Heath School has been cut by an average £630 per pupil since 2015, which has badly affected the school.

Class sizes are above average. Class sizes rose from 19.4 pupils per class in 2015 to 22.4 in 2018. Cuts are above average. Cuts are equal to the salaries of 13 teachers. Funding is below average. Child poverty is above average.

Weston Primary School has been cut by an average £767 per pupil since 2015, which has badly affected the school. Class sizes rose from 22.4 pupils per class in 2015 to 27.0 in 2018. Cuts are above average. Cuts are equal to the salaries of 2 teachers. Funding is below average.

Daresbury Primary School has been cut by an average £516 per pupil since 2015, which has badly affected the school. Class sizes are above average. Class sizes rose from 25.6 pupils per class in 2015 to 29.8 in 2018. Cuts are above average. Funding is below average.

Richard Turner said: "Parents, pupils and teachers are seeing every day the impact of the education funding crisis.

"Schools have been forced to shed staff, slash subjects and cut resources, with many unable to afford even basics like glue sticks and toilet paper.

"Yet this Government continues to underfund and under-deliver on their responsibility to schools and the nation’s children and young people.

"We need our next Government to address the funding crisis and invest in this and future generations of young people.

"I encourage heads, teachers, support staff and parents to look at the School Cuts website to see how schools in Halton continue to be damaged by Government cuts."