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Cash-strapped schools are having to choose between training staff and buying books and stationery, research shows

Teacher training budgets have dropped for the first time in six years as tightening budgets forced schools to cut back, new research shows.

Spending on staff development fell in 2016-17 for the first time since 2012, dropping by 12 per cent in secondary schools and 7 per cent in primaries.

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