[Let me translate this:  White pupils miss out on funds because they are white!-ed]

Pupils living in rural areas are missing out because government cash has been targeted at inner city schools, head teachers warn.

The Association of School and College Leaders praised schemes to raise attainment in urban schools, but said rural schools were being overlooked.

The ASCL called for a focus on the 300 secondary schools that most needed the best leaders and teachers.

And funds must be focused “without waste” on the weakest pupils, it said.

Addressing delegates at the close of the ASCL annual conference in Birmingham, general secretary John Dunford said: “Resources must be targeted accurately.

‘Cities get the cash’

The problems outlined by Dr Dunford are faced by Monks Dyke Technology College in Louth, Lincolnshire.

Set in a market town, with a catchment area which spans 20 miles of rural communities, Monks Dyke is not eligible for funding from schemes such as Excellence in Cities and Education Action Zones.

“Most of the funding goes to inner cities,” said head teacher Chris Rolph.

“Because we’re rural, because we don’t have inner city problems, we’re not eligible, but we do have deprivation.”

At Mr Rolph’s school, 9% of the 1,200 pupils are eligible for free school meals.

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Here is an example of a inner city school:

Here is an example of a rural school:

[We can now see why rural school will not get the funding they deserve-ed]