Sir Paul Ennals, chief executive, National Children’s Bureau
The announcements signalled a welcome retention of funding for our schools and for most of our early years services. However, this protection could result in larger cuts to those important services that enable children and young people to arrive at school healthy and ready to learn, for example family support services and children’s social care services.
With a 12 per cent reduction in the DfE’s non-schools budget and a 28 per cent decrease in local council allocations over the next four years, schools must prepare themselves to shoulder more of the burden of supporting children and their families.
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