英國爲節省財政資金削減上課天數

Schools have warned the move could jeopardise the education for tens of thousands of pupils due to cut-backs on funding.

英校長協會將縮短學生上學時間，以此來節約資金。學校方面則稱削減教育資金將對英國教育造成很大不利影響。

At least 24 schools, including 14 in the Birmingham area alone, have now reduced the school week to just 4.5 day weeks, having scrapped Friday afternoon lessons. 

如今至少有24所學校（僅伯明翰地區就有14所）已經將每週的上課天數縮減到了4天半，減掉了週五下午的課程。

The Institute for Fiscal Studies revealed there has been an eight per cent cut in budgets to school since 2010.

財政研究協會稱，如今教育資金已經削減了8%。

Funding is expected to fall by nearly three per cent between last year and 2010, even with the additional £1billion-a-year the Government is providing by scrapping free school meals for infants. 

自2010年到去年，教育財政資金將下降將近3個百分點，就連學校供給孩子們免費餐的10億歐元也被取消了。

Music and swimming lessons at some schools have had to be cut as part of a money-saving drive.

作爲節省財政資金的一部分，音樂課和游泳課將會取消。

Justine Greening, then Education Secretary, said schools would get an increase of 0.5% per pupil from this school year and a 1% increase from 2019-20.

教育部祕書，賈斯汀格雷寧稱從這個學期起針對學校的每個學生會增加0.5%的補助，到2019至2020學年，該比率將會增長至1%。

She said cash would go directly to schools rather than local authorities and minimum funding levels of £4,800 per pupil at secondaries would boost schools that are currently underfunded.

他說資金將會直接撥給學校而非當地政府，目前最低資金額度爲中等教育學校每名學生4800歐元，這筆資金將對如今還未受到補助的學校將是極大的支持。

Shadow Education Secretary Angela Rayner said: 'For many pupils and schools, funding will fall in real terms between now and 2020.

影子內閣教育大臣安吉拉·雷納稱：“對於很多學生和學校而言，從今年起到2020年，教育資金將會下滑。”