The number of schools in financial deficit in the last academic year has increased across Shropshire.
Department for Education figures show four of the 52 local authority-maintained schools to provide financial information in Telford and Wrekin were in a financial deficit in 2022-23 – up slightly from three the year before.
In Shropshire, five of the 85 local authority-maintained schools were in a financial deficit in the same period – also an increase of one from 2021-22.
A school is in a financial deficit when it spends more than it earned when factoring in the previous year’s balance.