SCHOOLS and colleges across the region are set to lose nearly £150m in Government funding over the next two years – equating to the loss of thousands of teachers and around £400 per pupil a year.

The claims have been made by the National Union of Teachers, which has updated its website which gives information on how much each school in the country stands to lose, or gain, by 2019 to 2020.

Despite assurances that funding is being redistributed to areas which have previously received less cash, the NUT fears the Government’s new funding formula will put around 98 per cent of schools out of pocket over the coming years.

According to figures released by the NUT, the North East and North Yorkshire – including Darlington, Redcar and Cleveland, Hartlepool, York, Middlesbrough, Durham, Northumberland, Sunderland, Stockton, Newcastle, North Yorkshire, Gateshead, North Tyneside and South Tyneside local authorities – would stand to lose a total of £148,978,409.

The teachers’ union estimates this will amount to 3,594 teachers and teaching assistants.

Some of the worst hit schools include Carmel College, Darlington, which would have £770 less per pupil; Wearhead Primary School in County Durham would receive £3,434 less per pupil; Dyke House Sports and Technology College, Hartlepool, at £753 less; Outwood Academy Acklam to see £947 less per pupil; and Gunnerside Methodist Primary School, Swaledale, which would see £4,413 less per child.

Ryedale MP Kevin Hollinrake and Richmond MP Rishi Sunak have both campaigned for schools in rural North Yorkshire to get a better deal in funding, after years of a cash shortfall compared to schools in urban areas.

A spokesman for Department for Education said the NUT figures were misleading and had blurred the issue of total level of funding for schools and the distribution of funding.

He said: “School funding is at its highest level on record and will be more than £40bn in 2016 to 2017. They have completely ignored the fact that as pupil numbers rise so will the amount of money schools receive. To suggest that we are taking money out of the system is simply incorrect.

“We have set out proposals to end the historic 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 to 2019.

"However, we recognise schools are facing cost pressures, so we will continue to help them use funding in cost effective ways."

Visit www.schoolcuts.org.uk to see details of your school.