May's £1bn DUP bung could pay for extra teacher in every secondary school say Lib Dems

Tuesday, 27 June 2017 15:36

The government's £1bn bung to the DUP could have paid for an extra teacher in every secondary school across the UK over the next five years, research by the Liberal Democrats has revealed. Government figures show there are 4,169 state-funded secondary schools in the UK, and that the average cost of employing a teacher is £44,500. This means if the additional £1bn had been distributed evenly among the UK's schools, each would receive £240,000, enough to hire one additional teacher...Request free trial