Major trusts warn over pay, staff levels and maintenance costs

More than half of the major operators of the government’s flagship academies programme have 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, which operate hundreds of schools across England, have raised warnings over pressures on pay, staffing levels, building maintenance and mounting deficits.

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