Budget 2023: All primaries to provide ‘wraparound’ care

<p>Welcome back to the Tes News Podcast.</p><p>In today's episode Charlotte Santry and Callume Mason explore what the 2023 Budget means for schools.</p><p><a href="https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/budget-2023-all-primaries-provide-wraparound-care" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The chancellor Jeremy Hunt set out an “ambition” that the parents of all primary-age children will be provided with “wraparound” childcare in school by September 2026.</a></p><p>The Treasury told Tes&nbsp;that funding to local authorities and schools would taper off by 2026 when it expects most schools will be able to deliver the provision self-sufficiently, funded by charging parents.</p><p>Also mentioned on todays podcast:</p><ul><li><strong>NEU attacks ‘new and unusual’ DfE stance on pay talks</strong></li></ul><br/><p>The NEU teaching union went ahead with a two day teacher strike this week and said that 300,000 members were taking part. It also strongly criticised the DfE for meeting with the other main education unions this week but refusing to meet the NEU unless it called off the strike.</p><p><a href="https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/teacher-strikes-pay-neu-distraction-politics" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/teacher-strikes-pay-neu-distraction-politics</a></p><p><a href="https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/teacher-pay-strike-neu-attacks-dfe-stance-talks-gillian%20keegan" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/teacher-pay-strike-neu-attacks-dfe-stance-talks-gillian%20keegan</a></p><ul><li>&nbsp;<strong>Workload is unmanageable, say most school staff</strong></li></ul><br/><p>More than two-thirds of school staff&nbsp;(68 per cent) think&nbsp;their workload is unmanageable, according to an annual survey conducted by&nbsp;Tes.</p><p>The findings were revealed this week in the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.tes.com/school-wellbeing-report" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Tes Schools Wellbeing Report