The National School Trust Survey, which has been published by the Confederation of School Trusts (CST) for the third year running, saw more than 400 trust chief executives responding this year.
Asked to name their top strategic priorities for the year ahead, the most common issue was financial sustainability (66%).
The financial pressures facing trusts are all too real, with three-quarters of the respondents expecting to dip into their reserves this year. At the same time, 83% said their priority was balancing the budget this year, with 73% prioritising cost-reduction.
Other priorities include income generation (56%) and funding bids to government or other bodies (29% and 27% respectively).
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