The governing board at one of the country’s largest maintained school federations has resigned claiming a council “demanded” it dissolve in under two months amid a falling rolls finances row.
Parents and staff received a damning letter on Wednesday from governors at Gipsy Hill Federation, in Lambeth, who said the federation’s challenges have been “insurmountable without the necessary support” from the council.
The six-school GHF came into the spotlight in recent years after the dismissal of Sir Craig Tunstall, formerly England’s best paid primary headteacher on £367,000 a year.
Council schools forum documents reveal four of its schools have a forecast deficit of £2.42 million, of which £1.91 million lies with Kingswood Primary School.
