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Cuts to education funding have had a devastating effect on the arts in schools, but headteachers are staying silent for fear of putting prospective parents off, writes Geoff Barton.

One of the privileges of my job is that I get to meet a lot of people. And one of the questions they often ask me is: “What are the main issues for your members at the moment?”

It’s an easy question to answer: funding.

There are other concerns of course – the consequences of the deepening teacher recruitment and retention crisis, the anxiety caused by England’s overbearing accountabili

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