Elgan Hearn LDRS Reporter
A headteacher from a crisis-hit Powys secondary school which is in Estyn special measures has detailed the school’s current financial problems.
At a meeting of Powys County Council’s Governance and Audit committee on Friday 24 November, a report from internal auditors SWAP on the situation at Brecon High School was received by members.
SWAP assistant director, Ian Halstead told the committee that it was the third time that internal auditors have been at the school during the last five years.
Situation worsened significantly
The new £22 million school building was opened in 2019 and data shows that there were 549 pupils at the school and 211 spare spaces earlier this year.
Mr Halstead explained in the past the school had been in a £900,000 budget deficit and had expected their finances to be showing surplus position by now. But the situation has worsened significantly.
Mr Halstead said: “There’s a deficit of £1.47 million for the end of 2022/2023, it could grow to £1.7 million, but there is a reduction to a £1.29 million deficit going on to 2027/2028.”
He continued: “We’ve had those assurances before and they have not…
