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NEU vows to mobilise parents to ‘ramp up’ school cuts campaign

The National Education Union will “ramp up” campaigning on school funding and seek to mobilise parents on the campaign…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Church MAT halts restructuring plan after parent protests

Parent power has prompted an academy trust to halt restructuring plans that involved making a headteacher redundant to balance…

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Two-fifths of headteachers axe school trips to save money

Two-fifths of headteachers say they have had to cut back on school trips in an effort to save money….

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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EPI: 50,000 pupils ‘pushed around school system’ in ‘unexplained’ moves

Nearly 50,000 pupils in a single year group were removed from school rolls for “unexplained” reasons, a major new…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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More pupils miss out on preferred primaries in high-demand areas

Fewer youngsters have been offered a place at any of their preferred schools in September, an analysis of the…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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NASUWT union staff vote for further strikes over pay and pensions

Staff at the NASUWT teaching union will strike again in a dispute over their pay and pensions after voting…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


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Let councils regulate ‘draconian’ school behaviour policies, says NEU

The rise of “draconian” and “inhumane” behaviour approaches is damaging the mental health and education of pupils, the National…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Four-fifths of teachers say pupils’ mental health is getting worse

Teachers have warned of a growing “crisis” in pupil mental health, with over 80 per cent saying the problems…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Teachers face going unpaid over summer holidays as five trusts plan notice-period change

Up to five academy trusts are at loggerheads with unions over their plans to shake up teachers’ pay and…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Corbyn: Labour will scrap SATs

Labour will scrap SATs and abolish the new reception baseline test, Jeremy Corbyn has announced. The opposition leader told…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Make LGBT+ education compulsory in all schools, says NEU

England’s largest teaching union will lobby the government to make teaching about LGBT+ relationships compulsory in all schools. The…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Two in five don’t expect to stay in teaching beyond five years

Two fifths of teachers don’t see themselves remaining in the profession beyond 2024, while almost one in five expect…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker