Angela Rayner MP, Labour’s Shadow Education Secretary, commenting on the NAO report on the Financial sustainability of schools, said:

“This is the reality: the Tories are cutting school budgets.

“Theresa May can try to distract the public with grammar schools all she likes, but she will not be able to hide from this for much longer.

“We are reaching a point where the only thing schools will have left to cut in order to make the savings are qualified teachers.

All we have seen from this government is six years of turmoil in our schools and nothing to show for it. It is time they started concentrating on delivering an excellent education for all children, not just a lucky few.”