up is getting harder. 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.
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