me back to the moment of that explosion. m hello and welcome to the programme. we're live until 11am. and developing stories and, as always, really keen to hear from you. use the hashtag victoria live and if you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate. school governors say thé aavsmmen’t should srsss shssd with its new funding formula for schools in england, but they argue there isn't enough= their views were shared as part of a bbc survey of more than 4,000 members of the national governorsi daniel boettcher reports. drayton park primary school says it is already operating on very tight financial margins, but it predicts its budget in real terms by 2019 will be at least £176,000 smaller. a proposed new nationalfunding formula in england will change the way money is distributed. ministers argue it will narrow historical inequalities between different areas, but schools across the country are facing costs. cuts to funding mean cuts to our service so what we will see that we currently do that we will have to decide to stop doing. in a survey to the bbc, school governors who responded and had a view on the proposed new formula were broadly in favour ft! tie; “grief“?!s its"; ”a". 2!9—.s‘s expressed serious concerns some said they planned to cut back on staff and others, that they were looking at ways of raising extra cash includingssking—psrents—l or hiring out facilities. everybody pretty much agrees that the principle the government says funding is at record levels and the proposed formula is a fairer way to help all schools. in equities in funding levels between local authorities eng? ski“ to fish’s??? m???" to ourfeitm" 7 951 £55“ to our education - 951 £55“ to our education editor! jeffreys. the funding issue branwenjeffreys. the funding issue and the cap are the same? parents will have been getting letters from their schools - about the decisions ahead. schools difficult decisions ahead. schools are mini employers and all their bills, national 15272, pay bills, national insurance, pay and pensions they're going up and the lllf-wl—l-lz-lzzz—ll l. szl! llz llll-lll—l-‘ll-lllllll l ll..l! lll is llll-lll—l'll-lllllll l. ll..l! lll is - keeping up with money is not keeping up with that. so within a few years, they will have had 8% ‘ pupil to so within a few years, they will have had 8% - pupil to spend. llll lll ll 1l lll uni ll lll-l ' ' llll lll ll 1l lll lli ll lll-l ' ' a hole llll lll ll 1l lll lli ll llll ' ' a i hole to fill in your telil l ll llllil limit =l lll telil l ll ll1lil i111 1l lll ‘u" is telil l ll ll1lil i111 1l lll % is why teli; l l=l ll1lil i111=l ll” % is why some tlli; l l=l ll1lil i111=l ll” % is why some parents bgdgetrwhigh, iswhysgmer parent; getting bgdgetrwhigh, iswhysgme parent; getting begging letters from "can you help their schools saying, "can you help us their schools saying, "can you help us out a bit government trying to - things, it says, is trying to make things, it says, fairer, clearer and more transparent, get rid of an old system that's a mishmash of local and nice, simple arrangements and have a nice, simple clear way, but the problem is when there is not a lot of money in the system, taking it - from there is not a lot of money in the system, taking it-from one there is not a lot of money in the system, taking it - from one area system, taking it away from one area like the inner cities and places like the inner cities and places like liverpool, manchester, leeds and london, to give a bit more to places like somerset, lincolnshire, of the big rural counties. no iieeiis like a winner leels like a winner at the end this els like a winner at the end this process. winner at the end this process. win this at the end of this process. so this morning, the national governors lssficiatiern a the national governers'assficiatien a lot of governors we have and a lot of governors we have within hearing from are saying we like the idea of a formula, please don't throw that away as an m don'tfthrewthfit lwey esen ide’é? the problem is, there. not a but the problem is, there is not a lot of money in the system and we're really the pain lot of money in the system and we're really - the pain and they're really feeling the pain and they're the ones that have to make school the ones that have ta make lthnnl ' balance. the ones that have to make sthool ' balance. what kind m . lll;— are schools m . lll;— to are schools m . lll;— to make i are schools m . lll;— to make then? ;chools m . lll;— to make then? the 315 who got in touch told us governors who got in touch told us about losing teaching assistants in the teachers, rid the classroom, teachers, getting rid of extra support staff, inner city schools - counsellors, but schools have counsellors, but they 2 looking! schools have counsellors, but they 2 looking at practical things. are looking at practical things. we found a school being sponsored i a company and another