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filtonvoice January 2024 Issue 147
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'Our children deserve better'
South Glos schools lowest funded in whole country by BBC LDRS staff and Filtonvoice The chief executive of the schools trust which runs three schools in Filton has hit out at the Government as South Glos remains the worst-funded local authority out of 151 in the country. Dave Baker, CEO of the Olympus Academy Trust which
runs several schools in the area including Abbeywood Community School, and Charborough Road and Filton Hill Primaries, said government claims about increased spending meant little because inflation and rising costs had negated the effect of any extra money given to schools. He said that while a
large trust such as Olympus can rearrange staffing and organisation to limit the impact, the money was not enough for smaller primary schools which are not part of a trust. Mr Baker said the funding was a legacy of previous government assessments which regarded South Glos as an affluent, 'leafy' area.
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