A poll of 900 National Education Union members by the Child Poverty Action Group found that 60 per
cent of staff believe all eligible children in their school are getting the free meals they are entitled to, while 21 per cent think some are not.
Not exact matches
Forty per
cent of authorities responding to an NAO survey do not
believe they have sufficient resources to provide effective support to schools and almost half
of those authorities are planning to reduce the amount
of staff time spent on support.
Twenty - two per
cent of education
staff believes that pupils have been subjected to hate crime or hate speech while at school in the last academic year.
With 90 per
cent of LGBT students reporting that they have been bullied because
of their gender or sexuality, the NAHT
believes that LGBT
staff can provide an important role model for pupils and act as a «force for change».
This is particularly pertinent in relation to the recruitment
of management level
staff, as surveys have found that 93 per
cent of public sector workers
believe a lack
of effective leaders is the biggest challenge that they face.
It is
believed that around 86 per
cent of schools in England contain asbestos, putting the health
of both teachers, support
staff and children at risk.