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Parents 'forced to help cash-starved schools pay for books'
Pupils left without resources while Michael Gove throws money at academies and free schools
Tory mismanagement of England’s state schools has forced parents to chip-in cash for books and stationary, teachers’ union ATL revealed yesterday.
A survey of over 500 union members found a quarter are having to ask parents to help buy books as Education Secretary Michael Gove lavishes taxpayer money on his academies and free schools pet projects.
And a shocking 13 per cent admitted their school has had to ask parents for money towards the cost of stationary like pens and paper.
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