The prospect of further budget cuts in years to come has also strengthened the case for reform of how schools are financed and run, according to some campaigners.
Secondaries and primaries are increasingly resorting to organising fundraisers for basics such as paper, pencils and IT equipment, Holyrood’s education committee was told last week.
Eileen Prior, executive director of the Scottish Parent Teacher Council, said: “We’re supposed to have a system of education that is free at the point of delivery – we don’t. We have individual parents who are having to find money to pay for materials or trips or whatever for the young people.”
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