The Government’s latest data on school funding shows that schools are in no position to absorb further cuts to education.
NEU Cymru members will be pleased to see that there is more in-year funding to support the education system.
The proposed unfunded 2.8% pay increase for September 2025 for teachers in England falls well short of the urgent action needed.
This report is right to highlight the enormous gulf between Government spending on SEND in recent years, and the amount needed to meet actual and growing demand.
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This report rightly highlights the complex issues that school staff are facing, including the acute lack of SEND support for children and increasing rates of absenteeism.
Rather than ‘ready for school’, the route to improving children’s outcomes is better investment in the early years sector.
Missed targets in 2024/25 illustrate the depth of the recruitment crisis.
The data reveals minimal change in the excessive workload and unsustainable working hours faced by our teachers and school leaders.
NEU teacher members across 32 non-academised sixth form colleges in England have taken part in today’s strike action.
