Three-quarters of primary schools have had to cut teaching assistants numbers, despite the continued rise in pupils with special educational needs.
The annual Sutton Trust school funding survey reveals a worsening picture for school finances. As well as staff cuts, activities are also being chopped.
Sir Peter Lampl, the Sutton Trust founder, said the “erosion of schools funding coupled with rising costs is having a major impact on the ability of schools to provide the support that low-income students need”.
“It is disgraceful that increasing numbers of school leaders are having to cut essential staff and essential co-curricular activities.”
