News

A NEU dawn: NUT and ATL hold final conferences

The National Union of Teachers and Association of Teachers and Lecturers held their last conferences as separate unions over...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Features

Mary Bousted and Kevin Courtney, Joint general secretaries of the National Education Union

As I mount the steps to the National Education Union’s London headquarters, I can’t help feeling disappointment that the...

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
News

Unions won’t go easy on grammar plans to win funding deal

England’s teaching and leadership unions have reiterated their opposition to plans to expand selective schools amid rumours that ministers...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Union leaders spurn NEU’s merger call

Education unions are not queuing up to join the National Education Union, the new teacher union created by a...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Opinion

No more ‘divide and conquer’ in education

The decision taken by members of the National Union of Teachers (NUT) and the Association of Teachers and Lecturers...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
News

£60m opportunity areas may not stop cash shortfalls

Schools in Blackpool, Derby, Norwich, Oldham, Scarborough and West Somerset will receive extra money and support from the government...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Education ‘super-union’ talks move to final stages as NUT and ATL plan special conferences

Talks about the formation of a new education super-union with members of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers and...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Kevin Courtney elected general secretary of National Union of Teachers

Kevin Courtney has been elected as the 12th general secretary of the National Union of Teachers with almost 70...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Teachers’ pay scales rise by 1% but ‘significantly higher’ increase needed

Teachers’ pay scales will shift by just 1 per cent from September, but government advisers have warned of the...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker