Education

Schools ‘a lifeline to many students’ in past year’

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Asked about the poverty they had witnessed, one union member said: “We have children that aren’t clothed properly, without coats in winter, or have holes in shoes, and my school’s inclusion team are excellent at working with the families to get them the support they need quickly and efficiently.

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