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NUT threatens strike over teacher pay

Delegates at the annual conference of the National Union of Teachers have voted to ballot members for a national…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Three in four unable to access mental health support for pupils

Three in four teachers feel unable to access support to tackle their pupils’ mental health issues, a survey teaching…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Teachers want school asbestos removed by 2028

Schools staff are being left in the dark about the presence of asbestos in their workplace, leaving them and…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Vote on boycott of primary tests postponed

A vote on whether to ballot members of the National Union of Teachers for a boycott of primary school…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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NUT to seek summer term strike action over school cuts

The National Union of Teachers is taking steps towards regional strikes over school funding in the summer term, based…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Half of young teachers planning to leave within 5 years

Poor management and unreasonable demands from school leaders have prompted around half of young teachers to consider leaving the…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


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Labour would ‘restore’ local education authorities & ‘fully-fund’ schools

A Labour government will “restore the role of the local education authority”, the shadow chancellor John McDonnell has pledged,…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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NUT preps for legal action against ‘grammar streams’

The National Union of Teachers has written to several schools and multi academy trusts running ?’grammar streams’ as it…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Ethnic minority teachers given less challenging responsibilities because of their skin colour, research finds

Racism is “not discussed enough in schools”, a union leader has claimed, after new research found Black, Asian and…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Greening: Schools will not need to track ‘ordinary working families’

Schools will not have to identify which pupils come from “ordinary working families”, Justine Greening has confirmed. The education…

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Greening defends grammars in speech about ‘ordinary working class’ children

The education secretary Justine Greening will today defend grammar schools in a major speech, claiming that selective schools already…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Government consults on definition of ‘ordinary working families’

The Department for Education has launched a consultation on proposals to officially label some pupils as coming from “ordinary…

John Dickens
John Dickens