The head of a Furzedown primary school has urged people to make their voices heard or the Government will “bulldoze” school funding cuts through.

The Government’s proposed ‘Fairer Funding Formula’ will spread money more evenly across schools in the UK but will result in many secondaries and primaries losing funds and services.

Classes are expected to become larger, with fewer teachers and teaching assistants to look after more children.

Monica Kitchlew-Wilson, the long-term head teacher of Furzedown Primary School, is concerned about pupils with special needs.

Speaking to Labour’s Furzedown Councillor Candida, Mrs Kitchlew-Wislon said: “If we end up with fewer teachers, which we will, we will have fewer extra teachers to support those who need extra help.

“There will be children who need extra support who will not get it – they will get less teacher time and less quality teaching as a result of these cuts.”

Three teachers at Furzedown Primary School are leaving next year and the funds are simply not there to replace them. The head estimates a loss of six teachers by 2020.

She said: “This is just the first year of these budgetary changes and already we’re losing staff – form teachers – who we will be unable to replace.”

The school is being forced to buy fewer books, reduce IT investment, along with the amount spent on essential services for children with behavioural and learning difficulties.

According to the Department of Education: “School funding is at its highest level on record at more than £40bn in 2016-17 and is set to rise to £42bn in 2019-20 with increasing pupil numbers.

“Our proposed new funding formula schools will help end historical unfairness so schools are funded according to their pupils’ needs, rather than by their postcode, with more than half set to receive a cash boost.”

The Government estimates Wandsworth Schools will suffer a funding reduction of 1.84, which is £2.6 million.

However, many education think-tanks estimate the funding cuts will be much larger.

According to the National Union of Teachers (NUT), Wandsworth schools will lose out on nearly £16 million.

Nationwide, the Education Policy Institute (EPI) published a report which warned that growing financial pressures would end in half of primary and secondary schools facing cuts between 6 and 11 per cent by 2019/20.