Two head teachers from Somerset say they are facing pressures to find and keep staff.
A recruitment crisis, no cash for school trips or to fix broken furniture and spiralling costs to support SEND pupils.
Meanwhile Robert Pearsall, head teacher of Wellsway School in Keynsham said he has had just one person apply for a current teaching position.She said she was "prioritising education" as a grandparent paying school fees. "Ten years ago we would get £26,000 to improve our buildings, this year it's £6,000 so we need to ask our parents if they can help - over a couple of weekends a dad and a grandparent built a new teaching space for us."We have also lost around a fifth of our TAs , excellent TAs that have gone on to different things where they can earn more money.
Kevin Burnett, Bath and North East Somerset branch secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers said: "At this second in time, education is heart breaking." "We see people on their knees and sadly the most experienced people are leaving and young people who come in, a third of them go within five years."Mr Burnett said any politician must focus on fixing the crisis with SEND education, the retention and recruitment of teachers and school estates not being fit for purpose.Josie, a Year 13 pupil at Wellsway School, said teachers leaving the profession has increased her stress levels, especially during exam season.
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