Conservative and Labour Councillors have voted to take an extra £1 million from already struggling schools - rejecting Liberal Democrat proposals to take money from Council reserves.
Leader of the Liberal Democrats on Kingston Council, Liz Green said: "I cannot believe that Conservative and Labour Councillors want to take an extra £1million from our already struggling schools."
Conservative mismanagement of the budgets for children with special educational needs means that the Kingston’s dedicated school grant budget is now £12million in deficit - from £2million in surplus in 2014. To recoup their overspend they are raiding money from our local schools.
Liberal Democrats want to take the £1million from council reserves, to protect schools budgets, but all Conservative and Labour Councillors voted it down. "It is not right that our children's education should suffer due to their incompetence".
The list below shows the amount of money each school in Kingston will lose this year due to Kingston’s Conservative and Labour councillors.
| School name | Change in funding (budget reduction in 18/19 due to Tory and Labour decision to take an extra £1m from schools) |
| Burlington Junior School | -£29,028 |
| Burlington Infant and Nursey School | -£14,055 |
| Coombe Hill Infant School | -£18,419 |
| Ellingham Primary School | -£15,308 |
| Lime Tree Primary School | £0 |
| Green Lane Primary and Nursery School | £0 |
| Robin Hood Primary School | -£3,109 |
| Tolworth Junior School | £0 |
| Tolworth Infant and Nursery School | £0 |
| Coombe Hill Junior School | -£23,334 |
| Maple Infants' School | -£10,375 |
| Alexandra School | -£20,405 |
| King Athelstan Primary School | £0 |
| Grand Avenue Primary and Nursery School | -£34,368 |
| Malden Manor Primary and Nursery School | £0 |
| King's Oak Primary School | £0 |
| Lovelace Primary School | £0 |
| Fern Hill Primary School | -£36,417 |
| Christ Church New Malden CoFE Primary School | -£16,365 |
| Christ Church CoFE Primary School | -£29,591 |
| Malden Parochial CoFE Primary School | -£14,523 |
| St Andrew's and St Mark's CoFE Junior School | -£12,333 |
| St John's C of E Primary School | -£10,982 |
| St Paul's CoFE Primary School | -£8,104 |
| St Paul's CoFE Primary School, Kingston Hill | -£10,191 |
| St Matthew's CoFE Primary School | -£15,426 |
| St Mary's CoFE (Aided) Primary School | -£8,927 |
| Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School | -£23,518 |
| Our Lady Immaculate Catholic Primary School | -£16,248 |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School | -£2,295 |
| St Luke's CoFE Primary School | -£14,540 |
| Chessington Community College | -£32,314 |
| Castle Hill Primary School | £0 |
| Knollmead Primary School | -£7,165 |
| Latchmere School | -£33,827 |
| St Agatha's Catholic Primary School | -£18,656 |
| Kingston Community School | -£3,308 |
| The Kingston Academy | -£35,373 |
| Coombe Girls' School | -£82,811 |
| Southborough High School | -£51,819 |
| The Tiffin Girls' School | -£25,361 |
| Tolworth Girls' School and Sixth Form | -£82,371 |
| Tiffin School | -£52,079 |
| Richard Challoner School | -£59,130 |
| The Holy Cross School | -£59,547 |
| Coombe Boy's School | £0 |
| The Hollyfield School and Sixth Form Centre | -£68,379 |
N.B. A few schools will not lose extra money by the local raiding of funds, because they are already losing enough funding through the Conservative Government’s move to National Funding Formula, so are described at ‘on the floor’ for Minimum Funding Guarantee.
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