A Jewish school has lost £1.5 million from its annual budget, forcing it to drop subjects such as A-Level French and German because it can no longer afford to offer.
Joshua Rowe, the chairman of governors at King David School in Manchester told the JC: “Over the past six years our budget is down by some £1.5 million per annum a reduction of 30 per cent.”
He said the school, which has around 900 pupils, has had to raise hundreds of thousands of pounds a year from the generosity of parents to pay for basic school needs.
Pupils have been encouraged to take three A levels rather than the standard four. On top of dropping the French and German A-Levels, the school has stopped offering Latin and Mandarin GCSEs to pupils.
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