If the Education sector isn’t struggling enough already it’s about to get much worse. Following the leave outcome by 52% of the votes, Prime Minister David Cameron, who led the Remain campaign, announced this morning he would quit before the Conservative party’s conference in October. Schools Week report that questions have been raised about the impact of Friday’s vote to leave the European Union on the government’s education policies. Headteachers’ union leader Russell Hobby said it would be “tough to implement” the national funding formula with “turmoil” in the government.

The national funding formula plans to create a new funding system, after years of campaigning by politicians and school leaders who claim the huge variation in per-pupil funding between different areas of the country is unfair. Hobby, general secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers, told Schools Week: “The result of the EU referendum and change in Number 10 will have huge ramifications for the country. For school leaders, there will be concerns around the gulf in aspirations between the generations. School leaders will of course do their best to discuss the result calmly and clearly in schools. “They will also be worried that time, energy and attention will focus on the EU at a time when the education system needs attention. The government will be distracted from dealing with the chaotic assessment system, the unfair funding arrangements and the crisis we are seeing in recruitment. “The status of a new national funding formula is uncertain, for example, and schools could face cuts if we experience the threatened austerity budget. School leaders will seek reassurances from government at this time of great instability.”