Nursery World - Most teachers pay for school resources themselves

More than nine in ten school staff are paying for items including stationery, books and even paper towels out of their own pockets, a survey suggests.

There are also reports of paper being rationed and teachers having to buy text books.

The survey of more than 1,800 teachers, heads and primary and secondary school staff in England reveals the extent to which teachers and parents are subsidising children’s education.

It found that 94 per cent of respondents paid for classroom resources or equipment themselves in the last school year, with a third (33 per cent) saying they spent more in the last year than in previous years. Nearly two-thirds (61 per cent) attributed this to a shortage of funding at their school.

The National Education Union (formerly the National Union of Teachers and the Association of Teachers and Lecturers) received responses from 1,854 members working in state-funded primary and secondary schools in England in August and September.

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