Member for Hume Angus Taylor says the electorate’s 79 schools will benefit from the Turnbull Government’s new $18.6 billion needs-based schools funding plan.

No schools in Hume will have a reduction in Commonwealth funding in 2018.

“Our reforms will set the electorate’s schools up for the future and deliver fair, needs-based funding for all students,” Mr Taylor said.

“We’re delivering the real ‘Gonski’ needs-based funding model that Labor didn’t.”

Mr Taylor said the 79 schools in Hume - comprising 64 Government, 10 Catholic and 5 Independent schools – would receive $104 million in 2018, or an average of $4437 per student.

This would represent an increase of 4.7 per cent on 2017 funding ($99.3 million).

Estimated Commonwealth funding for Hume schools would increase to $108.8 million in 2019, $113.8 million in 2020 and $118.8 million in 2021.

“We’re delivering long-term funding certainty for schools and communities and ensuring everybody is treated fairly and equitably,” Mr Taylor said.

“Our plan factors in the background, family life, levels of disability and socioeconomic status of each student and school to ensure funding is truly needs-based and fair.”

Mr Taylor said a new schools funding estimator has been set to help Hume parents, teachers, principals and school communities see exactly how they stand to benefit from the funding plan.

“This new estimator will give parents, teachers and principals the information they need about our needs-based funding plan to make long-term plans for the future of each child and each school,” he said.

“Everyone can see for themselves exactly how our plan will benefit their school by visiting education.gov.au/qualityschools and clicking through to the Schools Funding Estimator.”

“While we know a strong level of funding for schools is vital, what’s more important is how that funding is used.

“That’s why we’ve asked David Gonski to lead a new inquiry into improving the results of Australian students.

“He’ll be focused not on how much funding there is, but how it’s used through the most effective teaching and learning strategies to reverse declining results and to raise the performance of schools and students.”