What are the main pressures on schools and how do they deal with them?
Budgets in schools and educational settings are being tightened every year. What consequences does this have and how do people who work in schools deal with the resulting pressure? As part of our EduCare Voices series, we spoke to our panel of experts and contributors about the main pressures in the education sector today.
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Pressures on schools and how they deal with them
In this video, experts from Early Years Alliance, head teachers from both Primary and Secondary settings, and a specialist safeguarding advisor agree that it is no secret that schools in the UK today face a huge number of internal and external pressures:
- A lack of funding is the overarching problem, as budgets in schools and educational settings get tightened every year.
- There is less and less support at a local authority level
- Less time to study
- No budget for Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
- Stress of inspections
- Recruitment – a reported decrease of 74% in applications for a post
- Knife crime and gang culture
The job of love
So why are teachers putting in excess of 70 hours per week? Why do they stay in the sector?
Denise Newsome of Learning Without Limits Academy Trust has the answer: “Teaching is a hard job, being a pastoral support worker is a hard job, being
How can EduCare help?
As budgets continue to be reduced across all schools and educational settings, EduCare remains committed to providing the best value-for-money online learning service possible.
5 ways our online learning service can relieve the pressure - at a price that is right
- More and more CPD certified courses are added to our service all the time. There are currently over 30 with more being planned. We do this without increasing the cost.
- We keep an eye on updates to Statutory Guidance and legislation and developments in good practice so you don't have to. We update our courses and add new ones all the time. We do this without increasing the cost.
- We allow unlimited access to our service. We know that staff change, training days are missed and volunteers come and go on an informal basis. We allow everyone connected to a setting to access essential content as we believe that everyone has a right to feel safe. We do this without increasing the cost.
- We include a full reporting suite that allows evidence to be compiled for inspectors, quickly and easily. You can report by course category or by learner, so you can keep track of staff development and evidence mandatory training to inspectors. This comes included in the price of the service.
- We help you. We have a dedicated customer services team who are on hand to help with any query and can support you to get the most from our service. This comes included in the price of the service.
Because it offers unlimited access, the annual subscription price for our online learning service is based on pupil roll numbers and not per-learner. This unique pricing model means that you should never have to pay more than £2 per-learner, per-course. And definitely less than a Flat White!
Challenge us today and see how much you can save!
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