Politics

NASUWT and NEU to ballot school staff for strikes over pay

Two unions representing hundreds of thousands of school staff prepare for formal ballots over government pay proposals

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Council attendance staff cuts 50 times bigger than new support

DfE has hired 13 absence advisers, but investigation suggests over 600 attendance staff have been slashed from councils

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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NEU will ballot sixth form college teachers as 85% back strike

Indicative ballot result is first official sign of support in the sector for walkouts over pay, with school teachers...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Ex-DfE adviser Lehain becomes think tank head of education

The former New Schools Network chief left his government role last month after less than a year

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Schools minister pledges pupil premium probe

Gullis said he feared some schools spend the £2.6bn grant 'in ways that the funding is not intended'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Fund inflation-busting pay rises or face strike ballot, NEU warns

Union warns education secretary they will be in official trade dispute if no commitment by October 14

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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‘Appalled’ leaders write to Malthouse over school ‘mediocrity’ claims

Education secretary accused of 'taking cheap shots at a profession already on its knees'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Government’s own website contradicts Truss’s comprehensive PM claim

Theresa May spent time studying at a comprehensive school in the 1970s after her grammar converted

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Malthouse pledges ‘constant pressure’ to boost school standards

Education secretary promises to be 'much more assertive about intervention and standards'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker