A Welsh council is considering making more than £2m cuts to its schools budget which could result in potential redundancies for teachers and other school staff. Bridgend Council has said it will need to save around £3.2m next year as it prepares to discuss the draft budget for 2023-24 later this week.
It could mean cuts to a number of services including highways, fly-tipping enforcement, and home to college transport, contributing to a sum of about £17.8m, which the council says needs to be found over the next four years. The proposals are out for consultation for members of the public to have their say.
Other proposals could see cuts of more than £2m for schools with a "potential to result in some teacher and other staff redundancies". The report says this saving could result in the loss of one teacher in larger primary schools and up to five teachers in larger secondary schools over the four-year period.
