Will your grandchild's school be affected by education cuts? Find out...

My GDs new school will lose 24 teachers. It really is ridiculous. Once the cuts are made it will take years to get a good education system back. In fact I would argue that the improvements in standards TM is talking about are because the last Labour government invested in education and the results are still being seen. You don't improve schools in one or two years it takes time. On the other hand a school can slip into chaos in no time at all.

I really don't think that, at the school where my daughter teaches, class sizes will reduce because people will send their children to private school....

My GS's new school will lose the equivalent of 22 teachers!

Wonder why so few people seem concerned enough to find out and respond

My granddaughter's school will have two staff cut, but they are having two new classrooms built in the playground at the moment.
I'd like to see who made those decisions.

Nothing like flaunting your privilege.

Well, from my side of the fence if class sizes increase under the Tories, then the number of parents choosing private education may well increase also.
We have the luxury of promising parents no more than 24 in a class.
And if, under labour VAT is added to school fees it won't be the school who is paying it anyway.
So either way, stays quo or better.

So we all need small class sizes, then?
Whose education policies will do that - Tory who are cutting staff numbers or Labour who are giving more money to schools?

Actually, my gran did it all day, every day like all other heads at the time..

Well, of course. Just like I can command the attention of 800 kids in a school assembly for over 40 minutes. But that isn't addressing individual needs which can only be done with small class sizes!

Labour party are going to fund music teaching for all.

My grandmother was a village headmistress. She used to have a class of 70, from 5 to 14 year olds, with the help of one pupil teacher who was 15 or 16, depending on who was available.
I am sure we could all go back to that, particularly with computers. They wouldn't fit in your garden shed, though, and what about toilets?

Sorry to hear about your son, dj. Music and Art are subjects which are sadly underrated in British schools and I certainly think that all children should have access to these areas.

I'm wasn't speaking about fanciful frills where the pupils are concerned, but whimsical, extravagant ideas and practices that have been introduced into schools and have cost far too much money. Most of them are not based on fact and many of them are scrapped after a relatively short while causing grief to teachers and parents alike.

I would like to think that a very good teacher could teach 50 children, but as we all know, in this day and age it would just be crowd control.

So if it's not about money but about good teachers, why do they need to be taught in classes of 20-24, Lillie?
Surely a good teacher could teach classes of 50 in a shed?

You still haven't said what you think frills are.
My son was made redundant after 20 years as a head of music. Is that a frill that other people's children don't need?

Whitewave, the worst of it is that it doesn't need to be this way. I know the Tories have convinced everyone that we have to have austerity but that is just ideology. We could do it in a different way; it's not as if austerity is working is it

Nine to ten per cent in our area. May is talking out of the back of her head. Staff cost are bound to be the largest part of a schools budget - unless you make them work outdoors and sell the building I suppose.

Children locally being asked to help clean their classrooms!!! What is this country coming to?

20 - 24 maximum durhamjen, (independent), and yes, I admit that every child over that figure makes the job ten times harder.

It isn't just teaching staff that's a problem. It's very difficult teaching a class [the sizes of which are growing larger all the time]that used to have several teaching assistants for children with special needs, when those teaching assistants are no longer employed. Oh, and it helps if the school can afford to buy text books, also....

What's fancy stuff, by the way?

But not if the school is having a cut of 10 staff, so class sizes are bigger.
By the way, what size classes do you have at your school?

I agree, durhamjen, we don't necessarily need funding for the fancy stuff, but for more quality teachers - and that starts with proper training and job satisfaction.

I maintain children could be taught in a garden shed and achieve very good results provided they have good teachers.

This is what May said yesterday.

Quizzed by an audience member on cuts to school funding, May said that wasn't the issue:

"People are focusing on funding but we need to ensure that we see more good or outstanding schools."

Obviously by cutting funding so they lose three teachers. That's a good way to make schools good or outstanding.

The other thing you can do is a party impact statement by 2022. If you click on the school you will see how much each school gains or loses per child.
You can also scroll down to find out whether your prospective parliamentary candidates will vote against the cuts, or whether they haven't bothered responding.

Schools in Sunderland cut by 10-13%

It does for me.
Schools in my village cut by 6-7%