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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…

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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
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12,500 youngsters to be offered places in ‘stuck schools’, warns NSN

Around 12,500 youngsters are set to be offered places at primary schools that haven’t been rated ‘good’ in over…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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DfE to fund free sanitary products in primary schools

The government will “fully fund” free sanitary products in all primary schools, the Department for Education has announced. But…

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Jess Staufenberg
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NEU will ballot for SATs boycott in 2019-20

The National Education Union is to ballot its members on a potential SATs boycott next year after delegates at…

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Freddie Whittaker
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NEU opposes detentions and exclusions for climate strike pupils

The country’s largest education union will officially oppose “any reprisals” against pupils who walk out of school to campaign…

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Freddie Whittaker


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NEU warns of £1.2 billion SEND funding shortfall

England faces a £1.2 billion shortfall in special needs funding, the National Education Union has warned, as its members…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Labour fires warning after rise in ‘zombie’ academies

Almost 100 academies are waiting to be transferred to new sponsors – with some still in limbo well over…

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Freddie Whittaker
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Vice-principal convicted of expenses fraud won’t be banned from teaching

A former vice-principal who fraudulently claimed expenses from a company linked to his school will not be banned from…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Half of schools start GCSEs in year 9, NFER survey suggests

Around half of schools start teaching GCSE content when pupils are still in year 9, while some teach the…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Treasury claws back £300m in unspent funding from the DfE

The Treasury has clawed back more than £300 million in funding from the Department for Education’s budget after money…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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‘Open sewers and rat traps in rooms’: The ‘appalling’ conditions at England’s illegal schools

England’s network of illegal schools is “not just a faith school problem”, an Ofsted director has said, after new…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker