First Accounts Commission audit of council school spending found spending fell 5% in real terms 2010/11–2012/13, mainly by employing fewer teachers: teacher numbers fell by 815 FTE (2%) 2010–13, with 29 of 32 councils using early release schemes.
People named: Douglas Sinclair
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