BURGATE School head teacher David Pover has attended a rally in London to highlight the funding difficulties that schools are facing.

He joined head teachers from across the country in Parliament Square today as part of the Worth Less? campaign.

Mr Pover said: “Despite a national funding formula for schools, Hampshire schools are the second lowest funded in England. This is something I have been keenly contesting for some time, along with Hampshire head teachers and colleagues from similarly poorly funded counties.

"Our children deserve a world class education – we have excellent teachers and we have students who are keen to learn, but we are struggling to find the resources to deliver it.

"The barrel has been scraped and the bottom is about to fall out.”

The head teachers are calling on the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Department for Education to use the upcoming Autumn Statement to invest in schools and children’s education.

They are seeking a reversal of the real terms cuts to budgets and urging Government to make urgent investment to help support students with Special Educational Needs & Disabilities (SEND) and post-16 budgets.