A HEADTEACHERS’ union delivered Christmas cards to the Senedd today urging members to properly fund schools.

NAHT Cymru revealed last week that just £39 million of the £339m in extra education funding in the Westminster government’s Budget would go to core school budgets.

This week, an additional £112.8m was allocated to local government following a deal between the Welsh government and Plaid Cymru and some of that money will be spent on schools.

But the Welsh Local Government Association is predicting a £137m shortfall in school budgets in Wales for the next financial year, meaning that “this money will only go so far, especially when local authorities are also facing a £200m social care deficit,” warned the NAHT.

NAHT Cymru national secretary Laura Doel, who hand-delivered the cards with union president Kerina Hanson, said: “Christmas is a time of giving and we’re urging Welsh government to give schools in Wales the funding they rightfully deserve.”