MSE News: Welfare reforms 'to hit disabled'

Wicked_witch

sorry to go off topic, but what on earth??? And why???

I never use heaps of question marks, but I'm stunned at what you seem to be saying!

princessdon wrote: »

No my children are healthy and the school have asked us to buy a fizz book and I pad for school, when they leave they won't be returned.

princessdon

Wicked_witch wrote: »

sorry to go off topic, but what on earth??? And why???

I never use heaps of question marks, but I'm stunned at what you seem to be saying!

Funding changes (the amount given to schools now depends on things like Tax Credit eligibility amongst others) means the school now has no funds.

It is voluntary - they are not forcing this - it will also be done indirectly via fund raising (eg PTA funding) but they have requested that if possible parents provide them to allow their children to have a better learning experience in the classroom.

I have no objections. Especially given the number of after school activities they run for older children (eg football etc) as it saves me £16 per day, per child in childcare that I don't then pay for.

As is say - it's something to do with the funding given to schools that relied on parents getting CTC and WTC - the number of parents in the school claiming these have now dropped dramatically and so the school gets less funding.

Given that I pay zero for my childrens education in a fantastic school (equal to private education standards in my area) I think £300 for something that can be used for years is a small price to pay and means that the children have better equipement - but it is voluntary.

We also have to pay for many other things that are free in "other schools". Not 100% sure what the index they use to determine funding - but the school lost over 30% of it's budget last year and so are now asking for voluntary help.

LunaLady

The pupil premium is paid to all children within schools.
Extra funding is given to schools based on the number of children who receive free school meals. This extra funding is meant for children with additional needs, because of the assumption that children from more deprived areas whos parents receive benefits are more likely to have SEN.

Lots of people would like to see this system change, or at least the qualifying factors change.

princessdon

LunaLady wrote: »

The pupil premium is paid to all children within schools.
Extra funding is given to schools based on the number of children who receive free school meals. This extra funding is meant for children with additional needs, because of the assumption that children from more deprived areas whos parents receive benefits are more likely to have SEN.

Lots of people would like to see this system change, or at least the qualifying factors change.

That's the word - Pupil Premium - but from what my childs school said the new Tax Credit system also had an impact in the base pupil premium.

If it means that my child (or anyone ele's) misses out on much needed support for the sake of paying for some equipment, I don't feel it's too much to ask. Plus they get to use newer technology so a win win for me.

scotsmart

Invalidation wrote: »

Some people dont have the luxury of being able to move or if so the area which they wish to move to.

We lived on an estate that the Council decided to dump problem families into on the basis that dumping a problem family next to nice people would change the problem families.
It didnt it turned an otherwise pleasant estate into scumland, and we got out. Our GP is now around 15 miles away but the peace of not living on an estate full of flag hanging scum is well worth it

We after three SOLID years of severe ASB & dis hate found and moved to a cottage 140 yes I did say 140mls from our nearest major hospital 40mls from our local hospital and 3 mls from our local GP think were mad?? We don't I treasure my safety my sanity and my peace and quiet my only concern now is what the beach/sea looks like every morning out front we absolutely depend on Motability car without which I would be housebound can't walk the length of myself (not safe fall frequently) we have NO pavements live on a busy dangerous rural B road we have no street lighting so walking, scooter or such is a no go, local buses and trains about a mile away absolutely no regrets about move other than HB and HA adaption issues now being sorted GPs superb have achieved more in nine mths than others managed in nine yrs so all in all no regrets a small point to note like me many of us were granted HRC & HRM SDA and carers allowance indefinitely or for life based on our no return not able to be bettered but likely to significantly worsen known health conditions that in current changes suddenly are not worth the paper the awards were written on??? Both benefits were awarded to pay for but NOT nessesarly supply the nessities it was up until now OUR CHOICE who and what we spent this money on all this is only going to go one way massive rises in care costs for dsiabled people by virtue of if they take my DLA car say I have on ave. 12 visits to our major hospital in a year and maybe 10 to our local hospital added to say 30 GP visits that's a lot of money in taxi fares or ambulance fares wages etc to collect and drop me and that's without any dentists and other health related nessesities the whole thing is a joke and finally the main reason we moved was a real hatred by two ex neighbours fueled soley by media propaganda designating from Gov with reference to benefit scroungers and such like seeing as that's what we had daubed all over our house walls on more than one occasion and taped to a brick thrown through our windows and all because I have two incurable deseases that don't nessesarily make me look disabled what a world we live in truly