Secondary school heads across England are warning MPs of cuts to mental health provision, school trips and essential building repairs because rising costs and energy bills are wrecking their budgets.
Ahead of the government’s autumn statement on 17 November, headteachers are telling local MPs and councillors about their struggles to adjust their budgets to cover unexpected costs of hundreds of thousands of pounds in higher pay and bills.
The Westminster secondary schools improvement collaborative – which represents 12 state schools in the London borough of Westminster – has written to MPs warning of “a funding crisis which will seriously impede our ability to provide for our students and their families”.
