Kke th 400 teaching jobs at stake SO: So what is likely to happen? A cut of £24 million. Unless the central government limits are broken. This is a huge cut. The total budget is only £330 million. £24 million is a significant chunk of the total. Even a budget deficit £7.5 million, as proposed by Labour, will mean cuts of around £17 million.
There is no two ways about it, massive job losses are on the agenda. We're talking 400 full time teaching places. This is not our figure - it's the one given by Oxfordshire's chief education officer.
We've had small cuts every year, but this time it is different. There will be no painless solutions to this budget crisis -someone's going to have to pay. No amount of financial management can avoid the question. SO: What has the response been?
The most striking thing about the reaction to the budget proposals has been the speed at which the fightback has been organised.
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