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Honestly, I thought the DfE would have dropped the TOWIE-style PR after the universal condemnation, but instead they doubled down. What makes it so problematic is how clearly out of touch it is with the reality on the ground. Schools are facing unprecedented levels of restructures and redundancies. There is a genuine crisis in education, driven by years of austerity and chronic underfunding, yet the DfE appears completely tone deaf to it. The SEND White Paper promised £400 million through the Inclusive Mainstream Schools Fund, but in practice that works out at roughly half a teaching assistant per primary school. That is nowhere near enough for a teacher managing a class of 31 pupils, often without any TA support, to deliver genuine inclusion. And the reality is that much of this funding will simply be absorbed into plugging wider budget gaps elsewhere. At the same time, an unfunded pay award is projected to leave mainstream schools facing an £870 million shortfall. Instead of treating the profession and the public with respect - publishing the long-overdue STRB report and setting out a serious plan for sustainable school funding - we are getting staged Q&As with reality TV personalities. It is hard not to see that as a profound misreading of the mood across the education sector.

This is marketing genius by @educationgovuk ...and it's got everyone's attention. It will no doubt cost, and it will be a fraction of the cash spent when compared to what we waste on, for example, supply agency costs, private profiteering, private special schools, school food waste ...

Happy to help you out, Saqib. There was no payment, I got Gemma a couple of cans of Red Bull but that was it. I really enjoyed chatting to her about why school matters for all our children.

If Gemma Collins were Education Secretary, what would she do? Bring the glamour and get things done, of course 💅👩🏼‍🏫 From hard work and confidence to showing up unapologetically as yourself, The GC and @bphillipsonmp chat ambition, opportunity and how the government is helping every pupil achieve and thrive. Find out more here - educationhub.blog.gov.uk/cat…

Happy to help you out, Saqib. There was no payment, I got Gemma a couple of cans of Red Bull but that was it. I really enjoyed chatting to her about why school matters for all our children.

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Independent review panels should have the power to reinstate excluded pupils to address a ‘power imbalance’ in the system, says @CCLCUK tes.com/magazine/news/genera…

If Gemma Collins were Education Secretary, what would she do? Bring the glamour and get things done, of course 💅👩🏼‍🏫 From hard work and confidence to showing up unapologetically as yourself, The GC and @bphillipsonmp chat ambition, opportunity and how the government is helping every pupil achieve and thrive. Find out more here - educationhub.blog.gov.uk/cat…

Happy to help you out, Saqib. There was no payment, I got Gemma a couple of cans of Red Bull but that was it. I really enjoyed chatting to her about why school matters for all our children.

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