A dozen councils have been forced to update records from key meetings with headteachers after a Schools Week audit found they were breaking their legal duty to keep them up-to-date.
The law requires local authorities to have a schools forum, made up of leaders, governors and trade unions, which is consulted on key funding decisions.
Councils are also required to “promptly publish all papers considered by the forum and the minutes of their meetings on their website.”
But Schools Week found 12 councils whose records were either non-existent or not up-to-date. This equates to around eight per cent of all councils with education responsibilities.
