Schools are having to scrap extra-curricular activities such as trips and music lessons to save enough money to give their staff a pay rise.
According to headteachers, schools may have to scrap extra-curricular activities to save enough money to pay staff. School managers claim that trips and clubs would be the first to go if they cut budgets.
One head teacher says his school will find itself in significant debt as a result of this year's staff pay rises.