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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Alicja Hagopian and David Maddox

Revealed: the worst-hit schools as spending freezes amplify ‘privilege gap’

PA Wire

Seven in 10 schools across England have been hit by cuts and can’t afford the same essential running costs as when the Conservatives came to power in 2010, new analysis shows.

Some 13,000 schools across the country were subject to cuts over the period, with the worst hit – Dunraven Secondary School in Lambeth – seeing its real-terms spending power slashed by a total of £4,093,473 this year when compared to 2010.

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