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Parents pay £600 to ‘top up’ kids’ education after cuts
PARENTS revealed yesterday how they have been asked to fork out hundreds a year towards their children’s education to “top up” funding cuts made by the Tory government.
Teaching union NASUWT warned of a growing culture of paid-for schooling at taxpayer-backed schools as it released the results of an annual study on the cost of education.
One parent said they had been asked to pay £600 a year towards costs and were told by a head teacher that it was “to top up the cuts they have had in funding.”
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