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So, cuts in the Education Budget, what have you experienced first hand?

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beachyhead · 05/02/2015 23:24

This week, for the first time, we have seen a change in dd1's education budget and I'm interested to see the change people might have seen.. She is doing Art A Level at a state 6th form college and has been given a cut down A4 book cut in half by the staff to A5 to save money.

She, and a lot of the other students. feel that they can't really show their work properly in that format. I appreciate that Art might not be the the best subject to voice this on, but to me it's just an indication of what educational establishments are having to do.

Could you share your views?

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beachyhead · 05/02/2015 23:33

We have a budget that parents have to give if the students do two Arts A levels versus one A level Arts subject, but they were not given a choice about paying for better materials.

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honeysucklejasmine · 05/02/2015 23:33

Teacher redundancies and a more limited range of subjects.

noblegiraffe · 05/02/2015 23:29

That's a bit weird, why don't they get the kids to buy their own art books?

My school, in common with most schools, I think, have had to make teachers and TAs redundant. We have less support and bigger class sizes. We have also had to cut some GCSEs and A-levels.

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