News Schools increasingly meeting pupils’ basic needs as three in four teachers report hungry pupils Schools are increasingly having to help meet the basic needs of pupils, including food, clothing and housing, a leading… Nick Linford 10y Nick Linford 10y 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 10y Nick Linford 10y 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 10y Nick Linford 10y 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 10y Nick Linford 10y 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 10y Nick Linford 10y 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 10y Nick Linford 10y 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 10y Nicky Phillips 10y 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 10y Nick Linford 10y 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 10y Nick Linford 10y 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 10y Nick Linford 10y 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 10y Nick Linford 10y 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 10y Nicky Phillips 10y Newer 1 867 868 869 870 871 872 873 874 875 876 877 1,012 Older