The government believes schools can find savings through adjusting the make-up of leadership teams and deployment of support staff, as it prepares to leave them to foot the bill for future teacher pay rises
https://t.co/enRJkKgcmm
"Our analysis shows an average primary school in your constituency will be facing a £35-45k shortfall by September 2024; an average secondary school a shortfall of £200-250k, equating to 4 to 5 teachers": today's open letter to Conservative MPs: https://t.co/L7JMdOkV6G
A key government pledge to restore per-pupil funding to 2010 levels in real terms by 2024-25 will be missed due to soaring costs, finds @TheIFS
https://t.co/sDA0MOo2pb
Councils found ‘many parents not making a formal application to a school as they are told when they initially make contact to apply that the school is unable to meet their child’s needs’
https://t.co/yBBEZBQVHB
By 2022, more than half of multi-academy trusts are expected to be in deficit, according to the latest @KrestonIntLtd benchmark report
https://t.co/b0YUtIPaEY
“We are not being churlish; we are just stating the facts. The extra money [from government] for schools is not enough to reverse the cuts, and the funding crisis is not over”: my comments on behalf of @ASCL_UK: https://t.co/Exwrv7Czql
On school funding:
- There isn’t enough money to do what we want to do
- There isn’t enough money to do what we should do
- There isn’t enough money to do what we have to do
- There isn’t enough money.
School spending on pupils cut by 8%, says IFS - “This research from the IFS definitively concludes that total funding per pupil in England has been reduced” https://t.co/eGqyf63upH
Tough meeting with Trustees looking at 3 year budget forecast. The deceipt of govt statements does not hide the fact that we will need to buy less resources, employ less staff, carry out less maintenance and still go into debt. Not good enough for our children @halfon4harlowMP