ALMOST seven in 10 Scottish teachers are dipping into their own pockets to buy materials and support pupils as funding cuts continue to bite, an Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) poll has found.

The survey of 16,475 members found that of those teachers subsidising the school day, more than half said they were cutting back because they no longer could afford it.

And it found that more than half of respondents felt stressed frequently and a staggering 98 per cent frequently worked over their contracted hours, 41 per cent working more than eight extra unpaid hours a week.