Education chiefs on Anglesey are yet to be convinced that extra cash designated for schools across the UK will find its way to the island.

The Prime Minister has promised schools in England more than £7bn by 2022-23,  meaning Wales should receive at least £355m a year for the next three years.

How the money will be spent will ultimately be down to Cardiff Bay, howevere the Welsh Secretary has urged AMs to spend it on schools.

In response, the Welsh Government said it would wait for the “full details” to be published before making a decision.

But at a scrutiny committee meeting on Anglesey this morning, the portfolio holder for education was pessimistic any extra funding would be crossing the Menai Strait.

The deputy chief executive, in response to a question by Cllr Bob Llewellyn Jones relating to extra funding for Ysgol Uwchradd Caergybi, said: “I’m aware that a promise has come from London.

“There is no certainty whatsoever it will come to schools and it will depend on the RSG (Revenue Support Grant), but if we do get more money we may still end up being cash flat.

“Everything is so uncertain at the moment and until we receive formal confirmation I can only cross my fingers that more will be on the way.”

Cllr Meirion Jones, the portfolio holder for education, added: “I don’t personally believe that any promises will be heeded.

“As we all know there are people very close to Boris Johnson, both family and otherwise, that cannot trust him so I don’t know how us all the way here on Anglesey can.

“I’ve spoken to Mark Jones (151 officer) and he is as sceptical as I am. If it comes we will fight for it, but we will have to see.

“Things seem to be changing from day to day.”

In February, councillors voted to increase council tax bills by 9.5 per cent or £108 a year for the 2019/20 financial year.

Growing pressure on social services, an increase in teachers’ pay and pensions, as well as inflation, had been cited as major headaches for number crunchers who also faced with a £7m funding gap.

But the 9.5 per cent figure was only reached after a warning that earlier proposals to rise the council tax bills by 6 per cent would place an even bigger burden on schools of a £1.7m cut to the island’s education budget.

Headteachers had urged members that such cuts would lead to “substantial” job losses and a reduction in standards.