The Crisis in Finance

This chapter builds on Chapter 4 ’s analysis of the challenges experienced with governance in the case study schools by focusing the crisis in school finance. Each school’s governing board minutes are analysed alongside the interviews carried out with governors. Throughout the data the financial pressures felt by governors are explored as well as how this has contributed to decisions made about joining a MAT (for the first two case studies) or the discussion about potentially joining a MAT for the third case study.