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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Alana Calvert

‘More than half’ of England’s schools planning ‘catastrophic’ staff redundancies

The largest ever survey of school leaders has found that more than half of schools in England are looking at staff redundancies due to Government underfunding and rising costs, the headteachers’ union has warned.

In a snapshot of the survey which received responses from more than 11,000 school leaders in England, two thirds (66%) of headteachers said they will have to make teaching assistants redundant or reduce their hours.

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