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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
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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…

Jess Staufenberg
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…

Freddie Whittaker
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…

Freddie Whittaker
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…

Freddie Whittaker
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