PARENTS revealed yesterday how they have been asked to fork out hundreds a year towards their children’s education to “top up” funding cuts made by the Tory government.

Teaching union NASUWT warned of a growing culture of paid-for schooling at taxpayer-backed schools as it released the results of an annual study on the cost of education.

One parent said they had been asked to pay £600 a year towards costs and were told by a head teacher that it was “to top up the cuts they have had in funding.”