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Rising costs force 'difficult choices' on schools

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Institute for Fiscal Studies says costs will outpace funding for schools in 2025-26 .

Schools say they will struggle to fund the government's proposed pay rise for teachers.

Government has suggested teachers' pay should go up by 2.8% for the school year beginning September 2025 .

But new report warns that costs are likely to rise by 3.6% next year .

National Education Union general secretary Daniel Kebede says schools have no capacity to make savings without cutting educational provision.

Julie McCulloch , from the Association of School and College Leaders , says financial pressures facing the sector are a "death by a thousand cuts" Department for Education said school funding will increase to almost 63.9bn in the next financial year .

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