some teaching assistants have left and not been replaced. that s because the bills are going up. we are tightening our belts and it gets to the point where, how much more can you tighten? we are shopping around as much as we can to make sure that we re getting the best possible deal on milk and paper, but that takes a lot of time, and also those prices change. so we are doing our very best, but i don t think it sustainable to keep at this level of tightening, because there s only so much you can strip back before actually the impact on the children is massive. these are just some of their rising costs. the 5% teachers“ pay increase is £90,000 extra. the cost to the school of each meal up from £2.30 to £2.87. the bus for one school trip, up from £870, to 1,070. paper, up from £1.95 a box, to £3.87.
so we are doing our very best, but i don t think it sustainable to keep at this level of tightening, because there s only so much you can strip back before, actually, the impact on the children is massive. these are just some of their rising costs. the 5% teachers pay increase is £90,000 extra. the cost to the school of each meal up from £2.30 to £2.87. the bus for one school trip, up from £870 to £1,070. paper, up from £1.95 a box to £3.87. this school won t put up the school meal price. family budgets are already squeezed. parents know it s hitting the school too. schools are having to use the budget they ve got to pay the pay rises for the teachers, and then everything else is increasing. it will have a detrimental effect, probably, next year or the year after.
increase is £90,000 extra. the cost to the school of each meal up from £2.30 to £2.87. the bus for one school trip, up from £870, to 1,070. paper, up from £1.95 a box, to £3.87. the school won t put up the school meal price. family budgets are already squeezed. parents know it is hitting the school too. schools are having to use the budget they ve got to pay the pay rises for the teachers, and then everything else is increasing. it will have a detrimental effect probably next year or the year after. i think there s a lot of pressure on the school. they re doing a fantasticjob trying to raise funds with lots of other activities and stuff, but i think it s difficult for them. i mean, i don t know- what they are going to do in the long run, because there i
salaries. as well as getting rid of 0fsted. it s time to let schools manage themselves and openly share their data. he suggests that would save a fortune. craig has been in touch about a line in our education editor s report about a bus on a school trip, the caution that rising from 870 to more than a school trip, the caution that rising from 870 to more than £1000, he says no idea how it cost that much but there must be better ways to get a school trip that does not cost for figures to hire my view. if you want to get in touch about the financial crisis that head teachers are facing or any of the other stories we are facing, you can do that on twitter. the un s cop 27 climate summit continues in egypt. britain s prime minister rishi sunak was one of 120 world leaders to attend. yesterday, he told the summit that the war in ukraine, and its effect on energy prices, underlined the need to move away
the bus for one school trip, up from £870, to 1,070. paper, up from £1.95 a box, to £3.87. the school won t put up the school meal price. family budgets are already squeezed. parents know it is hitting the school too. schools are having to use the budget they ve got to pay the pay rises for the teachers, and then everything else is increasing. it will have a detrimental effect probably next year or the year after. i think there s a lot of pressure on the school. they re doing a fantasticjob trying to raise funds with lots of other activities and stuff, but i think it s difficult for them. i mean, i don t know what they are going to do in the long run, - because there is not an endless pot of money there everyone s got. - schools are managing for now. but today head teachers are warning there are no more easy savings. so what s the big