Christopher Pyne this morning continued his irresponsible scare campaign about school funding.

His allegations about Labor's plans are completely untrue. We have repeatedly made it clear that no school – regardless of sector – will lose a dollar per student.

Pyne needs to come clean. The only party planning to cut education spending are the Liberals – a shocking $2.8 billion to be wiped from the school system, as detailed in their budget response papers.

The findings and recommendations of the school funding report were welcomed by government and non-government schools, parents groups, teacher unions and state and territory governments yesterday.

Pyne is isolated and out-of-touch with the education community. He should stop playing petty politics and start focusing on what matters – getting the best funding system for all Australian kids.

Not only does he continue to get it wrong on indexation and funding for non-government schools, he has demonstrated a total lack of understanding of the Gonski report. It is clear that he should spend less time fabricating lies about Labor and more time reading the report.

Pyne: The Government will stop indexation of non-government schools.

Fact: We have said that indexation will be a feature of any new school funding system.

Pyne: There is a ‘private school hit list’.

Fact: There is no hit list. We have said repeatedly that no school will lose a dollar of funding per student. Any new system would have to meet that test before it is implemented.

Pyne: Schools will be forced to increase their fees.

Fact: There is nothing in the Gonski report that says schools will have to increase their fees as a result of the model. Independent schools representatives acknowledged this yesterday.

Pyne: Non-government schools will lose $4.2 billion in government funding.

Fact: The Liberals have done their sums on the back of an envelope based on out-dated figures. There is no mention of a $4.2 billion cut anywhere in the Gonski report. The only people planning to cut funds to schools are the Opposition – at least $2.8 billion at last count.

Pyne: Australia has a problem with teacher quality.

Fact: Australia has a great education system staffed with great teachers. And teacher quality is getting even better thanks to the Gillard Government’s $500 million investment in teacher training, and the introduction of national professional standards. His comments are offensive to hard-working teachers.

Pyne: There are no social justice reasons to deliver extra funding for disadvantaged schools and kids.

Fact: The Gonski report, OECD data and NAPLAN results confirm there is a growing gap between well-off and less well-off students and schools. Labor believes that demography should not equal destiny and disadvantaged kids are entitled to extra support from society.