Levelling Up School Funding

Since I was first elected in 2017, I’ve been working hard to end the historical underfunding of schools in Worcestershire. We are now seeing more money going into our schools, whilst at the same time standards are rising.

Schools in Worcestershire will receive £473 million in 2022/23 – a boost of £33 million as part of the Government’s commitment to level up school funding.

News

Rachel at St Bede's Catholic Middle School

Rachel continues to deliver fairer funding for Redditch’s schools

Monday, 10 August, 2020

Rachel is continuing to deliver on her promise to secure fairer funding for Redditch’s schools after it was announced total funding will rise by more than four per cent this coming school year.

Rachel welcomes historic funding boost for schools in Redditch

Tuesday, 11 February, 2020

Councils will now be legally required to ensure every secondary school pupil receives at least £5,000 in funding and every primary school pupil receives at least £3,750 following legislation backed by Rachel Maclean, MP for Redditch.