CEC Budget 2024

CEC Budget Engagement 2024

In February, we successfully campaigned against proposals to cut £8.2million from the education budget of Edinburgh’s schools – cuts that would have had an immediate and devastating impact on our schools, and on pupils.  However, those cuts were postponed, not scraped entirely.  We now need to work to protect education in the coming years. 

City of Edinburgh Council has launched a consultation on its future budget  Budget Engagement 2024 - Page 1 of 11 - City of Edinburgh Council - Citizen Space, and this is a really good way of us ensuring that education is a priority in all the council’s plans.  We would urge all citizens to respond, and to highlight the need to protect education.  Here is a guide to some possible answers – though it would be great if you could personalise your answers, as that carries even more weight. 

Do, please, encourage all Edinburgh residents to engage in this consultation – together, we can show councillors that they have to prioritise education and must Save Our Schools.

Save Our Schools!  Stop the £8.2m Cut to Edinburgh Schools

Sign the Petition

Every child deserves a quality education at a school with enough resources, teachers and textbooks to ensure they can thrive, but City of Edinburgh Council recently announced plans to cut £8.2m from school budgets.

This could mean:

• Cuts to teaching staff in classes to support the pupils who need it most, including children with Additional Support Needs
• No transition teachers to deliver essential support to primary pupils moving into secondary school
• Cuts to department budgets that means some practical courses can’t run 
• Cuts to basic essentials, including paper, pens, textbooks and other resources
• Even higher workload for already overstretched teachers 

There are five weeks before the full Council meeting on 22nd February to persuade Councillors to reverse this planned cut. By pulling together, we can work together to demand safer and fully resourced schools. 

Please encourage parents and teachers to use the template letters below to write to local Councillors and make them aware of how devastating these cuts would be.

Find your local Councillor.

Template Letters

Parent template letter to Councillors

EIS template letter to Councillors (for teachers who live in Edinburgh to send)