Teachers are set to lose their jobs in four Bradford primary schools due to a funding crisis, it has emerged.

Details of the schools affected by financial crisis have been leaked to the Telegraph & Argus. The list shows 22 schools where there will have to be cutbacks in staffing.

Most of the savings will be made by natural wastage.

But in four, governors are having to select teaching staff to go. They will be offered re-deployment at other local schools. Other school workers losing their jobs in the cutbacks are lunchtime supervisors and classroom assistants.

The crisis has come about after changes to the 'formula' governing school funding.

Although both the Govern-ment and Bradford Council insists more cash has been poured into schools and they should at least be in a 'stand still' position, the deal has affected different schools in different ways.

Some specific grants have been taken away, such as money to reduce class sizes.

Teaching unions are greatly concerned that the 'losers' under the new funding formula appear to be schools serving poor areas.

They say the stress placed on teachers is unbearable.

"Some of these schools, don't forget, are facing Ofsted inspections as well, on top of this," said Stuart Herdson, branch secretary of the Bradford branch of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL).

The schools where members of staff will be nominated for redeployment are: Bankfoot Primary (two teachers to go); Carrwood Primary, Holme Wood (two teachers); Shipley CE Primary (One teacher, one nursery nurse); Holybrook Primary, Ravenscliffe (three teachers).

Councillor David Ward, executive member for education, said some Bradford schools had shrinking pupil numbers, due to changing over time from two forms of entry to one - known as a 'bulge school'. In these cases governors should have budgeted and planned for staffing reductions, he said.

"Have certain schools not heard about local management of schools? The only deficits, apart from structural ones that will right themselves, are those self-inflicted where schools are overstaffed because of falling numbers," he said.

But Mr Herdson said the schools reorganisation had been botched by Bradford Council and there were now too many schools chasing too few pupils.

"The bullets are coming home now, and some of these schools are dying a slow death."