Schools told to cut costs by reducing lunch portion sizes and taking money raised for charity

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noblegiraffe · 30/03/2019 14:19

Consultants sent into schools to root out waste and save money have mostly been protected by the government’s refusal to release their reports. However some have been leaked.

Genuine suggestions to schools have included:

Saving money on supply teachers by herding 3 classes at a time into the dinner hall for supervision
Reducing portion sizes in the cafeteria
Taking 50% of money raised by pupils for charity
Cutting subjects at KS5
Replacing UPS teachers with NQTs

Added to the previous advice to save money on photocopying by not making colour copies, it seems clear that the government is focused on solving the school funding crisis by penny pinching and not considering the wider educational picture.

schoolsweek.co.uk/limit-pupils-lunch-portions-to-save-money-say-agnews-cost-cutting-advisers/

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RhymingRabbit · 30/03/2019 16:29

I totally agree about lunch portions. However...... We have just finished up for holidays and my two children between them brought "art" home that has probably caused the death of at least a billion trees.

Toomanystorieslost · 30/03/2019 16:22

After working in primaries I don't see how they can reduce portions.
As someone above mentioned , portions are the same at many for 5 and 11 year olds.

Rockbird · 30/03/2019 16:00

If they reduced the portion sizes much more they'd disappear! Not so much of a problem for our current reception children who seem to live on fresh air. But when the year 6s are getting the same size lunch as a 5 year old there really isn't much wriggle room.

GinUp · 30/03/2019 15:36

All that's missing is a recommendation to serve gruel instead.

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noblegiraffe · 30/03/2019 15:30

Commissioned by Lord Agnew at the DfE.

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BubblesBuddy · 30/03/2019 15:17

What consultants? Who are they?

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