During a cabinet meeting on Tuesday (February 10) Haringey Council decision-makers gave the green light for new financial regulations to improve budgetary controls over its indebted schools. Cllr Brabazon explained that declining numbers of pupils in borough-run schools have compounded financial difficulties. The new financial regulations being implemented by Haringey Council are part of broader plans to get the borough’s school budgets under control within the next three years. As was confirmed on Tuesday, this will also mean reducing the number of state school places by 45 from the start of the September 2027 school year. Park View Secondary School in South Tottenham will lose nine, while Highgate Wood School in Crouch End and Gladesmore Community School in Tottenham will lose three each.

Source: The Times February 13, 2026 12:04 UTC