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NUT pass motion ‘to persuade members that national strike action will be necessary’

The threat of strike action over teacher workload a step further this morning, despite the education secretary publicly pledging…

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Nicky Morgan pledges to reduce workload – and accepts expert recommendations ‘in full’

Nicky Morgan has accepted “in full” the recommendations made by three expert groups tasked with reducing teacher workload. Launched…

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Morgan: ‘No reverse gear’ over academisation plans

Although education secretary Nicky Morgan faced a relatively polite reception at the NASUWT conference, a few of her comments…

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7 things we learned from the NUT teacher survey about the state of schools

The National Union of Teachers (NUT) has published the results of a series of surveys of its members. Here’s…

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Failing Grindon Hall free school still waiting for Bright Tribe takeover

Education secretary Nicky Morgan this week said the ability to remove schools quickly from under-performing providers was a key…

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NASUWT conference: Teachers turning to drink and medication to cope

Teachers are turning to drink, cigarettes and medication to help them cope with their workload, with almost half having…

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NUT strengthens Labour link as Corbyn makes historic conference appearance

A new alliance between the Labour Party and a leading teaching union has been signalled after both sides spoke…

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Nick Linford
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Teachers could strike over plan to make all schools academies

Teachers could strike over plans to turn all schools into academies, a leading teaching union has said. The leadership…

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Labour will work with teachers to ‘stop’ academies, Corbyn to tell NUT conference

Labour will work with teachers to “stop” plans to turn all schools into academies, Jeremy Corbyn will say this…

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Nick Linford
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DfE stays silent on money set aside for academy conversion

The Department for Education has assured schools it has more cash set aside to fund all-out academisation – but…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
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Cash-strapped teaching schools asked to give away resources for free

Teaching school alliances already struggling to become financially sustainable could be thrown further off track by plans to give…

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Nicky Phillips
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NASUWT conference: Schools pay out millions for injuries, assaults and unfair dismissals

More than £16 million was paid out by schools to teachers who were unfairly dismissed, injured or assaulted at…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford