Education organisations join in ‘crisis’ warning

Twelve unions and organisations in the education sector have joined to issue an open letter to the government warning of a “looming education funding crisis”.

They state: “We are writing on behalf of leaders, teachers, teaching assistants, support staff, governors, trustees and parents in the vast majority of schools, trusts and colleges in England to express our dismay and concern over the looming education funding crisis. The amount of money allocated to education is not enough to cover rising costs. However, it seems that your government has decided that there will be no more money for education beyond the allocation in last autumn’s spending review – even though the decisions in that review were based on much lower inflation levels. We are alarmed at reports that your government may also be considering further ‘efficiencies’ in public spending.”

The reality is that school and college spending has been cut to the bone over the past decade, there is no room for efficiencies, and a real terms cut in funding will be catastrophic.”

The letter was signed by the Association of Colleges; ASCL; Community; GMB, NAHT; NASUWT; NEU; National Governance Association; Parentkind; Sixth Form Colleges Association; UNISON, and Unite.

https://www.ascl.org.uk/ASCL/media/ASCL/News/Press%20releases/Education-funding-letter-6-October.pdf