News

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
News

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...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

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...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

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...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

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
News

School funding campaign ‘is not over’, says defiant union leader

The union-led school funding campaign credited with bringing the issue to the forefront of last year’s general election campaign...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Kevin Courtney speech to NUT conference – the full text

Kevin Courtney, the general secretary of the National Union of Teachers, addressed the organisation’s last ever conference in Brighton...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Opinion

Schools are at the sharp end of rising child poverty

Schools are going to enormous lengths to ensure hard-up children don’t miss out, but funding cuts threaten the subsidies...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Cuts blamed as number of SEND pupils without a school place soars by 137%

The government stands accused of starving councils of cash to help SEND pupils, after the number of pupils without...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker