CHILDREN are heading to the Houses of Parliament as part of a schools funding crisis campaign.

Twelve youngsters from across Brighton and Hove will meet the city’s three MPs on Monday for tea and cake.

They were picked at random from hundreds of entries to a poster competition organised by the Save Our Schools (SOS) campaign.

This latest in a series of high-profile actions comes after a rally against school cuts held earlier this week in Westminster.

SOS campaigner Alison Ali, whose twin daughters go to St Luke’s School in Brighton, said: “For our society to function well, we need our Government to see the value in investing in, not slashing funds from, education.

Fellow campaigner Gemma Haley said: “Right now, inadequate funding is bringing schools to their knees.

“There are fewer qualified teachers, the loss of valuable teaching assistants and support staff, soaring class sizes, a back to Victorian basics curriculum and teachers bringing in paper and glue.

“It’s a very real crisis. We remain united in our message – we will not stand by and watch this happen to our children.

“Monday is about delivering our message of unity – with parents, children and all of our local MPs – to urge the Chancellor Philip Hammond to make more funding available for schools in the upcoming Budget.”

Joshim Rahman Fry, a 12 year old pupil from Dorothy Stringer school in Brighton is one of those going on Monday.

He said: “Save Our Schools is a good campaign because it tells us what’s happening to our schools and shows us why politics is important.”

Since 2015, £2.8 billion has been cut from schools’ budgets across England and the trend is expected to continue.