The Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) is concerned at evidence showing that teachers are finding it increasingly difficult to spend time working with charitable organisations.
A study found that two-thirds of teachers say it is difficult to spend time working with charities because of the demands of the national curriculum, while 57 per cent cite school timetables and 54 per cent the focus on exams as barriers.
This is despite more than half (57 per cent) of teachers believing that getting children to work with charities boosts their attainment, while almost all the 200 secondary teachers polled said fundraising was a good way to motivate students and teach them social skills.
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