Headteachers hand deliver letter to No. 10 warning of dire funding crisis
Head teachers from state schools in West Sussex will hand deliver a letter to Theresa May warning her of a funding crisis that will force them to make cuts.
The letter has been signed by the heads of every state school in West Sussex, who argue they need £20m in emergency funding ahead of the funding formula, otherwise they will have to make cuts.
They say grammar schools are a distraction and cannot be a priority ahead of basic funding and staffing
A group of pupils and head teachers will go to Downing Street on Tuesday 18 October to deliver the letter, which is also being sent to more than 100,000 West Sussex parents.
The head teachers have told the prime minister that without extra funds there will be cuts to schools from next spring.
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