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| Education secretary heckled by angry head teachers | Education secretary heckled by angry head teachers |
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| Angry head teachers heckled Education Secretary Justine Greening as she told a conference about her plans for new grammar schools. | Angry head teachers heckled Education Secretary Justine Greening as she told a conference about her plans for new grammar schools. |
| There were cries of "rubbish" and "no, no" as she said selective schools could close the achievement gap between rich and poor pupils. | There were cries of "rubbish" and "no, no" as she said selective schools could close the achievement gap between rich and poor pupils. |
| Ms Greening was addressing heads days after money was pledged in the Budget for new grammars and free schools. | Ms Greening was addressing heads days after money was pledged in the Budget for new grammars and free schools. |
| Schools' demands for help with their running costs were not answered. | Schools' demands for help with their running costs were not answered. |
| Earlier, Malcolm Trobe interim leader of the Association of School and College Leaders, told journalists at the Birmingham conference that some schools were looking at closing early a couple of times a week in order to make the sums add up. | |
| "A number of people are thinking about reducing the number of lessons in a week - maybe having a shorter Wednesday and a shorter Friday," he said. | "A number of people are thinking about reducing the number of lessons in a week - maybe having a shorter Wednesday and a shorter Friday," he said. |
| 'Wound people up' | 'Wound people up' |
| He said head teachers were very frustrated at having to make substantial savings. | |
| "There's a huge amount of anger out there about the amount of cuts we are having to make," he said. | "There's a huge amount of anger out there about the amount of cuts we are having to make," he said. |
| "The majority of the funding pressures are government imposed - teacher pensions and national insurance. | "The majority of the funding pressures are government imposed - teacher pensions and national insurance. |
| "We know that money is needed for new schools but then to say something about making them selective will really have wound people up." | "We know that money is needed for new schools but then to say something about making them selective will really have wound people up." |
| He said Justine Greening needed to go back to the Chancellor and ask for more money. | He said Justine Greening needed to go back to the Chancellor and ask for more money. |
| Polite welcome | |
| Ms Greening was given a polite welcome by delegates when she began her speech, but some began to murmur when she began answering a question about grammar schools. | |
| She said: "We have to recognise that actually for grammars in terms of disadvantaged children they really do help them close the attainment gap." | |
| She added that parents were also keen as the schools were over-subscribed. | |
| This prompted cries of "rubbish" and chants of "no, no" from dozens of delegates in the hall . | |
| Heads also quizzed her on school funding. | |
| Pressures from teachers' unfunded national insurance, pensions and pay rises, have pushed some schools into financial crisis. | |
| The National Audit Office reported that schools needed to find £3bn savings by 2020. | |
| Ms Greening told heads she was listening and she did not wish to "minimise" the pressures faced by schools. | |
| She suggested the Department for Education may be able to offer targeted support for schools in the most challenging circumstances, but it was not clear what for this support would take. |