Labour hopes to raise £1.7bn through its private school VAT plan - but the Association of School and College Leaders warns that this still is not enough to avert looming staff shortages and funding deficits
John Camp, of the Association of School and College Leaders, warns a breakdown of the 'unwritten social contract' between families and schools is fuelling the absence crisis
The Association of School and College Leaders has called on the Education Secretary to provide more support for schools, warning that students are suffering because of Raac problems
The six week summer holiday would be cut to five weeks and then four under proposals out for consultation - but the Association of School and College Leaders Cymru dismissed the plan as "an act of folly".
Geoff Barton, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL), said pupils should only be required to wear branded clothes on the most 'visible' parts of uniform such as blazers