Schools face cuts to pay for £1bn academies overspend
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Clifford Armion
le 22/11/2012
Activer le mode zenRichard Garner
Funding for struggling schools has been slashed to cover a £1bn overspend in the academies programme, a report reveals today.Spending on a range of education programmes – including improving under-performing schools – has been cut to provide unplanned extra funding for academies, according to the National Audit Office, a public spending watchdog. Leaders of the teaching unions reacted with anger last night, describing the overspending as "appalling" at a time when non-academy schools were having to tighten their belts.
"There appears to be no limit to the amount of money this Government is prepared to pour into creating academies," said Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers. "When money in the UK is so tight, this unscheduled spending of taxpayers' money is appalling."
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Schools face cuts to pay for £1bn academies overspend, La Clé des Langues [en ligne], Lyon, ENS de LYON/DGESCO (ISSN 2107-7029), novembre 2012. Consulté le 26/12/2024. URL: https://cle.ens-lyon.fr/anglais/archives/archives-revue-de-presse/schools-face-cuts-to-pay-for-1bn-academies-overspend-