Major trusts warn over pay,staff levels and maintenance costsMore than half of the major operators of the government’s flagship academies programme gain sounded the alarm over school funding, heaping further pressure on Theresa May to ease the squeeze on public spending.
An Observer investigation into the Conservatives’ treasured education initiative found that six out of the top 10 academy trusts, and which operate hundreds of schools across England,gain raised warnings over pressures on pay, staffing levels, and building maintenance and mounting deficits.
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Source: guardian.co.uk