The ongoing row between schools in West Berkshire being told to give ‘surplus’ cash back to the council takes another turn this week. Opposition parties have grouped together to demand a special meeting of the council to get the decision to claw back around £2.4m a year ahead of its original plan reversed. The meeting, which is due to be held tomorrow (Thursday), follows on from a scathing letter sent to the Department for Education by the Downs School in Compton asking the government to intervene. That school claims much of its surplus was self-generated, and funds had already been allocated …
