One headteacher said his school relied on contributions of tens of thousands of pounds from parents to help pay for equipment and resources needed.
School leaders are having to rely on community fundraising and parental donations to plug funding gaps for classroom essentials, a union has warned
One headteacher said his school relied on contributions of tens of thousands of pounds from parents to help pay for the equipment and resources needed. More than half of school leaders surveyed said they have had to generate additional income to cover costs of classroom materials, and nearly a quarter had to do this to cover staffing costs.
Sean Maher, headteacher at Richard Challoner School, a secondary school in Kingston-upon-Thames, said the school relied on contributions of around £45,000 a year from fundraising by the Parent Teacher Association and £35,000 from parents to help pay for equipment, resources and repairs. “We’ve already cut admin staff to the bone and we’ve had to lose four teaching assistants and three teachers over the last two years.
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