SECONDARY schools in Bury are in for a cash windfall under funding changes being proposed by the Government.

Tables published by the Government as part of the national funding formula consultation indicate that the majority of schools in the borough will be better off.

All but one secondary school will benefit from more cash. Only Manchester Mestiva School, one of the borough’s top performing schools, could have its budget cut by 2.5 per cent, from £740,000 to £3722,000, a decrease of 2.5 per cent.

The proposed new funding formula announced by the Education Secretary Justine Greening in December increases money targeted at schools with additional needs, including deprivation.

The Government has published illustrative funding allocations for schools and local authorities and are based on 2016-17 data rather than actual allocations for any specific year.

Broadoak High School would stand to be the borough’s biggest gainer if the formula was to be implemented now. The school’s funding would increase by 13.7 per cent from £3,051,000 to £3,468,000.

Secondary schools as a whole would be given between a 3.6 per cent to 13.7 per cent increase.

Primary schools are also in line for extra cash under the new funding formula, but 23 would have their budgets cut.

However, schools in other authorities stand to lose under the changes, with the majority of secondary schools in Bolton facing a cut in funding.

A department for education spokesperson said: "The proposals we are currently consulting on will mean an end to the postcode lottery in school funding.

"Under the proposed national schools funding formula, more than half of England’s schools will receive a cash boost in 2018-19. This will help to create a system that funds schools according to the needs of their pupils rather than their postcode."