A Barry headteacher has said the financial pressure on their school is so great that they don't have the capacity to give some of their most vulnerable children the support they needed. Headteacher of Romilly Primary School, Katy Williams, was speaking at a Vale of Glamorgan Council meeting on Thursday, June 15, which focused on the financial pressures schools in the county were facing.
A report presented to the committee showed that Vale of Glamorgan Council was the most poorly-funded local authority for education in Wales. As with other local authorities across the country, it is facing increased financial pressures and an increasing number of schools in the county are being faced with deficit budgets.
Ms Williams said Romilly Primary School, which is one of the largest in Wales but also one of the most poorly funded, had been forced to cut down on staff and now couldn't run any emotional literacy support for children. The headteacher also opened up on the impact that deficits at schools across Barry were having on members of staff, adding that it had been making some headteachers unwell. You can get more story updates straight to your inbox by subscribing to our newsletters here.
