The annual Funding Impact Survey has found that 66 per cent of sixth form colleges have already dropped courses because of funding cuts and increasing costs.
This includes 39 per cent which have dropped courses in modern foreign languages, while 58 per cent have dropped extra-curricular activities including music, drama, sport and languages.
The research has been carried out by the Sixth Form Colleges Association (SFCA), which says that there now exists a “significant gap” between the funding attracted by sixth form students and the cost of delivering the curriculum.
Currently, the average sixth form student receives funding of £4,583 a year, 20 per cent less than that received by a 11 to 16-year-old student in secondary school.
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