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# Campaign launched to help "desperately under-funded" Whittington school create opportunities to hire out facilities
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/campaign-launched-to-help-desperately-under-funded-whittington-school-create-opportunities-to-hire-out-facilities/
- Published: 2020-03-09T10:16:48.000Z
- Updated: 2020-03-11T17:32:57.000Z
- Description: A fundraising campaign has been launched to help a “desperately under-funded” Whittington school.
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: Community, Education, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 18:18, News

A fundraising campaign has been launched to help a “desperately under-funded” Whittington school.

The PTA at Whittington Primary School is hoping to raise £7,000 to help it make alterations to allow the site to raise money by being used outside of school hours.

The plea come just a week after [the Education Secretary said funding for schools in Lichfield and Burntwood was making “a real difference”](https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/education-secretary-says-school-funding-is-making-a-real-difference-in-lichfield-and-burntwood/).

But the PTA at Whittington Primary School says the current funding model is leaving it short-changed.

> “The school has a diverse range of children and they all deserve to be nurtured.  
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> “Times are hard and getting harder. Our school receives over £500 less per pupil than schools in Birmingham, that’s a £163,000 hole in our budget compared to schools ten minutes away.  
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> “We get £2,000 less PER CHILD than schools in London – a total of £630,000 every year.”  
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> Whittington Primary School campaign spokesperson

The PTA now hopes to make minor adaptations to help boost the coffers.

![The playing fields at Whittington Primary School. Picture: Crowdfunder](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e3/90/e390c3da-0866-4d2a-8ffe-ca4999d7ce1c/content/images/lichfieldlive-co-uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1583240843_running_track_v2.jpg)

The playing fields at Whittington Primary School. Picture: Crowdfunder

> “We need another way to raise sustainable funds, on top of the generous donations the PTA already receives from our fabulous parents through its many fundraising activities.  
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> “Our village school has a hall, playing field and playgrounds that could be used by local businesses and the community in the evenings and at weekends for a host of different activities.  
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> “We are asking our amazing village community and the general public to help us to make our school a hub that will be available to community groups, local businesses and for private hire.  
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> “To make this happen we need to adapt the school in some minor but costly ways – changing existing systems and doors to securely ‘zone’ the main school from hired areas, installing key-pad entry and adapting an existing bathroom so it can be accessed from the hired areas.”  
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> Whittington Primary School campaign spokesperson

The PTA has also made a video outlining the plans to boost the school’s income.

The campaign has so far raised 20% of the £7,000 target. For more details, visit [the PTA’s online fundraising page](https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/a-community-hub-for-all?ref=lichfieldlive.co.uk).