Howard Blindt has resigned after 15 years of heading Gainford C of E Primary School, Darlington, County Durham, in his attempt to highlight their budget crisis.
Ironically, he left in the same month of receiving a letter from Nick Gibb, Minister for School Standards, who praised the primary school for being in the top 1% in England for their writing achievement.
However, Mr Blindt said that the school might now be seen as "A victim of our own success". He further stated: "If I didn't leave it looked likely that I would need to make more posts redundant in the school for the forthcoming year - we lost two teaching assistants in April 2017."
The Department for Education has said that it will be investing even more money in to schools.
It said: "Fairer schools funding - backed by £1.3bn additional investment -will deliver the biggest improvement to the school funding system for well over a decade.
"It will mean an increase in the basic amount that every pupil will get, protected funding for those with high needs and will ensure every local authority is in a position to give schools a cash increase through the new formula."
With over 30 years of teaching experience, Mr Blindt taught hundreds of pupils at Gainford. He also confirmed that he has no firm plans about what to do next.