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PARENTS are being forced to fork out for their children’s textbooks as schools are increasingly “driven by cost cutting,” a damning study revealed yesterday.
A survey of over 1,000 teachers suggests class sizes are rising due to tighter budgets — despite the government’s claims that it has ring-fenced education spending.
Three-quarters of teachers said their budgets had been cut, and 60 per cent said the range of optional subjects had been slashed thanks to reduced spending.
With 170,000 children living in poverty in north-east England and teachers leaving in droves over 20 per cent real-terms pay cuts since 2010, all while private companies siphon off billions, it is time to unite and fight for education, writes MATT WRACK
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