THE entire board of governors at a Powys school are resigning over a decision to suspend its right to a delegated budget. Powys County Council announced on Friday (December 18) that it had taken the action involving Clyro Church in Wales School’s governing body, in order to prevent the school from falling into a situation of rising deficits over the coming years. Within an hour, chair of governors Mari Fforde announced on Twitter that she was tending her resignation as the school was being portrayed as failing despite a glowing Estyn report in June 2019 and because pupil numbers had fallen by just four, which would trigger a number of redundancies in the new year.
Clyro Primary School GOVERNORS at a primary school have threatened to resign and slammed the council s funding model stating that schools are not spreadsheets . Earlier today Powys County Council stated they were taking over the financial running of Clyro Church in Wales School. The council stated that it was taking the action to prevent the school from falling into a situation of rising deficits over the coming years.
RELATED NEWS: However, the school governors have hit back at the council s funding model stating they are just 10 pupils short of receiving additional funding. Mari Fforde, chair of governors at Clyro Primary School, has also criticised the timing of the council telling staff that the process of redundancy in the new year .