Concerns over ‘forced’ academisation of Sheffield special schools

Hillsborough Green Party Coun Toby Mallinson is a teacher and leading local activist in the NEU education union. He asked questions about the future of the schools during a meeting of the finance committee on Monday (December 18) that was discussing the council’s £17.4m budget shortfall.

Coun Mallinson said: “In Monday’s finance committee meeting, I asked whether refunding the multi-million-pound deficit for Holgate Meadows and Heritage Park schools was included in the council budget.