Teachers union slams funding plans

Scotland’ s largest teaching union has said there is no clear rationale behind planned changes to school funding.

The Educational Institute of Scotland( EIS) said the Scottish Government had failed to make a convincing case for changing the current funding structures.

The consultation paper sets out two possible future approaches, the first of which would give funds directly to head teachers through a headteachers charter and the second which would increase the targeting of funding, along the lines of the approach taken to pupil equity funding.

In its submission, the E IS said it did not believe either approach“would drive an improvement in pupil attainment or equity”.

A Scottish Government spokesman said: “The government will publish its response to the consultation in due course.”