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Schools across the country are reportedly holding 'crisis meetings' to consider three-day working weeks.

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Schools in the UK are reportedly considering a three-day week in the autumn term as they battle with rising energy costs as well as teacher pay rises.

Thousands of schools already deliver this length of week within existing budgets and we expect current funding plans to account for this.” Other ideas thought to be discussed include cutting back on maintenance work and other resources. Schools in the UK are reportedly considering a three-day week in the autumn term as they battle with rising energy costs as well as teacher pay rises.

"In the absence of long overdue above-inflation investment in school funding, it'll become a realistic prospect sooner rather than later," he warned. Another ...

"This is not a plaintive plea of poverty. Dr Robin Bevan, headmaster of top grammar school Southend High School for Boys in Essex, said four-day weeks "will certainly be being considered”. Rising teacher salaries and huge energy bills are set to cripple budgets.

Head teachers are holding “crisis meetings” during the summer holidays with boards of governors ahead of pupils returning to school in September. The costs of ...

Thousands of schools already deliver this length of week within existing budgets and we expect current funding plans to account for this.” A chief executive of one of the leading academy trusts in the country, who did not want to be named said: “Shorter school days, fewer after school clubs and enrichment opportunities and draconian restrictions on energy usage will become a reality for all trusts and the situation is particularly challenging for smaller trusts and standalone schools.” Headmaster of Southend High School for Boys in Essex, Dr Robin Bevan, said: “If a four-day week is not already being planned, it will certainly be being considered” by some schools.

Headteachers and school bosses are holding crisis talks over the summer holiday trying to work out how to keep afloat in an impending financial crisis. Schools ...

Thousands of schools already deliver this length of week within existing budgets and we expect current funding plans to account for this.” Every penny spent in schools is a choice. A recent IFS report noted that this will mean that forecast increased costs are broadly affordable for schools in 2022-23.

Schools are reportedly considering three or four-day weeks to manage sky-rocketing energy bills and teacher pay rises. Headteachers are holding “crisis talks” ...

Despite the budget increases however, a chief executive of a large academy trust told The Telegraph “shorter school days” and “draconian restrictions on energy usage” will “become a reality for all trusts”. “It is, in fact, very difficult to address the funding pressures in the short-term because many of the actions that schools can take require planning and time to take effect.” Mark Jordan, the chief executive of a multi-academy trust that runs 17 schools across the Midlands and Norfolk, confirmed that he had heard discussions of a “three-day week” to help with cuts.

It comes amid soaring energy costs and after years of pupil funding being cut by the government.

Thousands of schools already deliver this length of week within existing budgets and we expect current funding plans to account for this." The newspaper reports headteachers, governors and trustees are currently holding "crisis meetings" to work out how they can keep schools afloat. Promoted Stories

The chief of an academy trust with schools in Norfolk has suggested they could consider a three-day week to offset the impact of rising costs.

It would be very difficult to do both publicly and professionally." For such an extreme to even be considered hammers home the severity of this situation though - and the need for the government to ensure the funding to back up its promises is delivered. "The government has simply buried its head in the sand and is insisting that these costs are affordable - but at individual school level that is clearly not the case." "Unfortunately, soaring energy costs and the staff pay for which there is no additional government funding means that school leaders are having to look at very significant cuts to their budget in order to avoid deficits and balance their books. "We are all guessing about the percentage rising in line with all organisations but are also facing the prospect of significant financial pressure from the recent pay rise announcements from the government - which remain unfunded and come at the 11th hour. The chief of an academy trust with schools in Norfolk has suggested they could consider a three-day week to offset the impact of rising energy costs and teacher pay rises.