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Teachers urge action on class sizes as three-quarters say numbers have gone up

Teachers have voted for the Government to set maximum limits on class sizes, as most say the issue is having a negative impact on their pupils’ progress. A survey by the NASUWT teaching union, ahead of its annual conference in Birmingham, found that ...

17 Apr 2022 at 16:25

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Call for large class sizes in Louth to be reduced

Sinn Féin TD for Louth has said that Government must act urgently to reduce “unacceptably large class sizes”. New figures from the Department of Education, show that there were 27 primary schools in Louth with 30 or more students in a class for the ...

13 Sept 2023 at 14:33

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Cutting teachers could save £500m a year as pupil numbers fall, report suggests

The Scottish Government has been urged to consider cutting teacher numbers as schools look set to lose 90,000 pupils. The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said the number of young people in school will decrease 12.5% by 2040. The Government has ...

14 Feb 2025 at 09:38

Starmer rejects Thornberry suggestion private school fees VAT may swell classes

Sir Keir Starmer said it was wrong for shadow attorney general Emily Thornberry to suggest that Labour’s plan to add VAT to private school fees would lead to larger class sizes in the state sector. Ms Thornberry said on Sunday that “it would be ...

10 Jun 2024 at 14:45

Sunak vows to carry on until last day of campaign amid rumours he may quit

Rishi Sunak has vowed to carry on “until the last day of this campaign” as he sought to draw a line under the fallout over his early departure from D-Day commemorations in Normandy. The Prime Minister said he will not stop “fighting for the ...

10 Jun 2024 at 10:59

Labour’s Phillipson says Thornberry’s growing class sizes comment ‘wasn’t right’

The shadow education secretary has said it “wasn’t right” for a fellow frontbencher to suggest that Labour’s plan to add VAT to private school fees would lead to larger class sizes in the state sector. Shadow attorney general Emily ...

10 Jun 2024 at 08:58

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