Pressure is mounting on the Government to help heads with rocketing energy bills as Tories broke ranks to warn schools could go into the red this winter.
Two former Tory Education Secretaries sounded the alarm about the hit to stretched budgets from soaring energy costs, which have risen by 200% for some schools, on top of rising inflation and wage bills.
Union leaders have warned that that heads may have to cut staff, school trips and supplies as they feel the squeeze from double digit inflation and spiralling energy costs.
