The Birmingham Mail report:

Spending on supply teachers by Birmingham schools rocketed to more than £20 million last year.

The huge sum represents a massive rise – and has been branded ‘unsustainable’ by campaigners.

Some of the biggest spenders are schools which have had teaching standards criticised by Ofsted, and others deal with the most challenging pupils in the city.

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Matthew Burgess
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I am a journalist and author. I am a journalist at the UK edition of WIRED magazine. In 2015, my first book Freedom of Information: A Practical Guide for UK Journalists, was published. My second book Reed Hastings: Building Netflix, was published in March 2020. I created FOI Directory in 2012 and have maintained it in my spare time ever since.