The ASCL headteachers union is calling for the consequences of Labour's VAT raid on private schools to be 'carefully considered'
The ASCL headteachers union is calling for the consequences of Labour's VAT raid on private schools to be 'carefully considered'State school headteachers do fear that they could be left with larger classes because of Labour’s plan to introduceThe leader of the largest state secondary heads’ union – the Association of School and College Leaders – Pepe Di’lasio said thatThe union, which also represents some private school leaders, is calling for more research into the consequences of...
“We’ve been asking for there to be more research in the consequences of policy and we’re still yet to see the evidence of what might be happening as a result of them implementing it,” he toldThe union has more than 25,000 school leader members and also represents some state primary heads.and that headteachers would be “making decisions over where they can reduce them, but also where they can afford them to be for them to be bigger”.
Asked whether his members feared increased class sizes could be one of the unintended consequences of Labour’s VAT policy, he said: “Yes, definitely.”Labour is planning to add 20 per cent VAT to independent school fees as “as quickly as possible” Starmer says, if it is elected, to raise an estimated extra £1.6bn for pupils in the state sector.
Asked about Thornberry’s comments, this morning Phillipson told Times Radio: “I am afraid that just wasn’t right.
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