Spending watchdog reports that financial pressures are disproportionately affecting local authority-run schools
Children’s education is being eroded by financial pressures triggering staff cuts and scaled-back curriculums, with local authority-run secondary schools among the worst hit, according to parliament’s spending watchdog.
The Department for Education (DfE) insists the school system in England is in good financial health overall, but a report by the public accounts committee (PAC) warned that national figures “mask significant variation and challenges for individual schools”.
