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• Headteacher Wyll Willis
By Loughlan Campbell cuts to schools nationwide over the next four years. He explained the way schools are funded means Wallingford School, off St George’s Road, gets ÂŁ1,800 less per year for each child than those who get the most, such as schools in Gateshead. Music, modern languages and technology subjects are on the list which could be axed. He said: “There is a very unfair system in this country in regards to how the education budget is decided, and here in Oxfordshire, we are the losers. “We have managed to cope well with this lack of funding over the last few years but it’s
becoming more and more of an issue.� Mr Willis joined fellow Oxfordshire headteachers and all six MPs including Prime Minister and Witney MP David Cameron in London last Wednesday at the Prime Minister’s parliamentary office in the House of Commons. They lobbied for school funding inequalities to be brought to the attention of Mr Cameron, who chaired the meeting. Mr Willis added: “I think the Prime Minister respected how urgent it is but realised that in order for him to increase spending to our area, he has to take money away from other schools, and in the current climate of
Pyrotechnics pull off stunning show THOUSANDS were treated to a fireworks extravaganza at the Kinecroft in Wallingford on Saturday night. Volunteer-led organisation
Wallingford 1155 organised the starry multi-coloured display in front of thousands that visited from across South Oxfordshire and beyond.
• The Wallingford 1155 firework display at the Kinecroft on Saturday night (picture by Christian Sinkinson from More Than Images)
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Wallingford School faces subject and staffing cuts WALLINGFORD School’s headteacher has revealed he could be forced to drop subjects and cut staff in the face of a lack of government funding. Headteacher Wyll Willis said the school is looking at cuts it could be forced to make for the next academic year because of planned 12 per cent government
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