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DfE pledges to publish breakdown of cost-cutters’ savings

Ministers will publish a breakdown of recommendations made by its team of cost-cutting advisers later this year. The Department...

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NEU vows to mobilise parents to ‘ramp up’ school cuts campaign

The National Education Union will “ramp up” campaigning on school funding and seek to mobilise parents on the campaign...

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Let councils regulate ‘draconian’ school behaviour policies, says NEU

The rise of “draconian” and “inhumane” behaviour approaches is damaging the mental health and education of pupils, the National...

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NASUWT union staff vote for further strikes over pay and pensions

Staff at the NASUWT teaching union will strike again in a dispute over their pay and pensions after voting...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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