News NUT will ballot for strike action over academy plans The National Union of Teachers will ballot for strike action over the government’s plans to turn all schools into… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News 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… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News 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… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News 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… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News 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… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News 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… Nicky Phillips 9y Nicky Phillips 9y News 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… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News 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… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News 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… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News 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… Nick Linford 9y Nick Linford 9y News 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 9y Nicky Phillips 9y News 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… Nicky Phillips 9y Nicky Phillips 9y Newer 1 825 826 827 828 829 830 831 832 833 834 835 970 Older