Dental checks, health of pupils' families, and behaviour on social media ...are we asking too much of teachers?

THE burden placed on school and college leaders and teachers has “never been higher”) a teaching union has warned.

- 

Schools are having to run food banks and support families with housing as underfunded wider public services “crumble around them’ a report by union the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) said.

Their services are important, but cannot be continue to be the responsibility of schools and teachers, the union added.

Julie McCulloch, director of strategy and policy at ASCL, said: “In recent years the expectations on schools and colleges have grown way beyond teaching and learning to encompass a wide range of societal responsibilities.

“Some of this can be traced back to the pandemic, but also to high child poverty rates and crumbling public services, meaning that schools and colleges are left to pick up the pieces”.