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WE’VE got three weeks until the Budget on October 29. The funding crisis in our schools is reaching breaking point. Representing the majority of head teacher and teachers in England, ASCL, NAHT and NEU are bringing together the teaching profession to demand our schools and colleges are properly funded.
Ahead of the Chancellor’s Budget we are asking in our joint video that will be sent to all members that teachers and head teachers take the simple action of jointly writing to their MP urging them to put pressure on Education Secretary Damian Hinds to ensure the shortfall in funding is addressed.
The current underfunding of our schools is putting children’s futures at risk. Cuts to the curriculum, school activities, school hours and teacher and support staff are commonplace and noticeably diminishing children and young people’s educational experience.
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