Labour analysis of government figures finds outlay has risen by £300m in two years as headteachers struggle to recruitCash-strapped schools are spending a record 1.3bn on supply staff as a result of a chronic shortage of teachers in the nation’s classrooms caused by the failure of the government’s recruitment policies,according to Labour.
At a time when schools are struggling with diminishing budgets and rising costs, the Labour party says spending on supply teachers has gone up by more than a quarter over two years as headteachers struggle to plug staffing gaps.
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Source: theguardian.com