Save our schools: Parents and pupils to take to the streets in Wandsworth to oppose funding cuts

The proposals for the Fair Funding Formula, which would result in school funding spread more equally across the UK, have been met with wide spread disapproval as some schools need more funding than others.

The official Government projections, if the plans go ahead, show 61 out of 66 Wandsworth schools will experience a funding reduction of 1.84 per cent by 2019, which equates to around £2 million.

However, according to figures released by the NUT, Wandsworth schools could be set to “lose £15,612,273 by 2020” which they say is the equivalent of losing 419 teachers or £603 per pupil.

Parents representing Furzedown, Ravenstone, Sellincourt, Hillbrook, Fircroft, Telferscot, Henry Cavendish, Rutherford House, Alderbrook, Eardley, Penwortham, Primary Schools, Balham Nursery, and Graveney, and Chestnut Grove Secondary Schools will march from their school playgrounds after school, to Tooting Common.

150 parents and teachers turned up on April 25 to launch Wandsworth campaign against school funding cuts

See related: 150 parents and teachers turn up to launch of Stop the Education Cuts campaign against school funding cuts at Furzedown School

Jane Wake, a Wandsworth parent with a son at Graveney School, said: "My son is diagnosed with Autistic Spectrum Disorder and his school is doing everything they can, under an already tight budget, to support him.

"The cuts will affect all children but will have a disproportionate effect on children like my son who simply can't get by without the right, skilled support."

Monica Kitchlew-Wilson, the head of Furzedown Primary, urged parents to oppose the Government cuts

In March, Wandsworth Council called on the Government to have a "serious rethink" so that London schools are not penalised by the cuts.

See related: Wandsworth Council calls on ministers to have 'serious rethink' on school funding cuts

Rebecca Wilson, a spokesman for Fair Funding for All Schools, Wandsworth, said anything less than maintenance of per pupil funding over the next five years is "unacceptable".

She said: "We welcome the fact all parties in the General Election are recognizing that there is a real and present crisis hitting our schools.

"Labour and the Liberal Democrats have both pledged that school budgets will not be hit in real terms, but the Conservative manifesto promises would still result in a 3 per cent cut in school budgets."

There will be over 40 events taking place in towns and cities across England. A map and details of events can be found here. 

A petition to Stop School Funding Cuts has nearly 45,000 supporters.