Pocket money or bank of grandparents are now funding school trips amid cost-of-living crisis, as a third of parents claim they are just too expensive
Daily MailChildren may be missing out on educational school trips because parents are struggling to cover the costs while schools lack funds to subsidise them, a new poll has found. It's a harsh reality that has led ten per cent of children to use their pocket money to fund school trips, while 12 per cent have taken part in fundraising activities to cover the cost, according to a survey by school leaders' union, NAHT. Parents are falling back on grandparents to fund school trips amid the cost-of-living crisis, a new poll found Tight school budgets may also be contributing to the declining number of excursions, with English Heritage finding that trips to its sites have dropped 28 per cent compared to pre-Covid numbers. Squeezed school budgets may also be contributing to the declining number of children attending school trips 'When the residential first launched, a four-day trip to London including accommodation, transport, food and visits to attractions cost just shy of £300, now it costs in excess of £460 and that's simply down to inflation and cost-of-living.
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