Oh Neil O'Brien…..🙄
Where do we start?
Disingenuous?
Ignorant?
Or just deliberately misleading for political gain?
A quick 🧵 to take a look!
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Where do we start?
Disingenuous?
Ignorant?
Or just deliberately misleading for political gain?
A quick 🧵 to take a look!
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Comments
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Before Labour came to power👍🏼
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That there are 400 fewer Full Time Equivalent teachers, with fewer in primary and more in secondary.
The numbers O'Brien used were true.
His conclusions were waaaay off though!
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Because PUPIL numbers are down.
We have a declining birth rate.
We have fewer children entering the school system, because there are fewer children being born.
And that’s hitting primary school numbers first - obviously 🙄
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It’s a real issue for primary teachers with many schools facing redundancies because the cohorts are getting smaller.
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That’s a good thing.
There’s a long way to go, but after 3 years of rising, it’s finally heading in the right direction.
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😂😂😂