More than 40 primary schools in Brighton and Hove have said they are facing a financial crisis which is leaving the needs of children unmet.
The warning from headteachers comes as they face a 'significant increase' in pupils with complex needs, which combined with current funding levels has left schools 'crippled'.
In a collective letter to the Department for Education teachers warned that they will end the year with a deficit budget, despite efforts by staff to cut as much as possible, and said the government needs to review the funding model with the 'utmost urgency'.
These cuts, they say, included reducing staff, cutting curriculum costs and postponing building expenditure such as books and computer purchases.
Any further reductions would see education provision decimated, the letter added.
One headteacher wrote that in the 16 years they have worked in Brighton and Hove, this crisis is the worst they have ever experienced and warned that everything they worked hard to build up for pupils 'is being destroyed'.
