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ATL: ‘Keep parents from selectively withdrawing pupils from RE’

ATL has voted to stop parents “selectively” withdrawing their children from religious education lessons, claiming the practice is increasingly...

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Freddie Whittaker
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MATs are misusing public money while Ofsted and RSCs bicker, union leader warns

Multi-academy trusts are getting away with “the fraudulent misuse of public money” while Ofsted and schools commissioners fight a...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Mary Bousted speech to ATL conference 2018: The full text

Dr Mary Bousted, the general secretary of the ATL, delivered a powerful speech to the union’s last conference in...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Mary Bousted: ‘If the government won’t act on workload, NEU will’

If the government does not reduce teacher workload, the National Education Union will take action, one of its leaders...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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NEU considers building a supply teacher vacancy service

The National Education Union will discuss proposals for a union-run supply teacher vacancy service after members demanded action on...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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DfE ends divisive pupil nationality data collection

Schools will no longer be forced to collect data on their pupils’ nationality and country of birth following a...

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Freddie Whittaker
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School support staff ‘feeling the brunt’ of funding cuts

School support staff are being forced to work unpaid overtime as a result of increasing workload and dwindling staffing...

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Freddie Whittaker
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Exam pressures to blame for workload, say teachers

Pressure to boost pupil test scores and exam grades is to blame for the workload woes of three in...

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Freddie Whittaker
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160,000 children WILL lose free school meals, says spending watchdog

As many as one in eight children stand to lose their entitlement to free school meals under new eligibility...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker