General
Monday
8th Apr 2024
Watch: Teachers’ priorities ahead of a general election
ÌÇÐÄVlog speaks to NEU members to find out the big issues teachers will want to see prioritised by a future government in a likely general election year
Former Ofsted chief to review watchdog’s Ruth Perry response
Dame Christine Gilbert, a former chief inspector, will start the independent review this month
Saturday
6th Apr 2024
NEU chief: Labour schools’ promises long way off what’s needed
Daniel Kebede used his first major speech to warn Sir Keir Starmer the union was putting ‘any incoming Labour government on notice’
Majority of teachers say learning hit by poor school buildings
Two-thirds of respondents to an NEU survey also said their schools had leaks
Thursday
4th Apr 2024
NEU: Teachers reject pre-pay offer strike action
Members of the biggest teachers’ union instead vote in favour of a ‘snap poll’ on the government’s forthcoming pay offer
TA support for SEND non-existent, say teachers
The vast majority of teachers need more support inside and outside classrooms for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities, an NEU poll shows
Wednesday
3rd Apr 2024
NEU: Teachers could strike in September
The leader of the largest teaching union said that strikes were not off the table and could take place later this year
£10k payment for non-UK trainees cut for next year
The international relocation payment for overseas teacher training applicants for physics and languages has been stopped
Warning over ITT dropout rise after subject funding cuts
Universities’ Council for the Education of Teachers writes to Gillian Keegan describing the decision to end funding for teacher trainee subject knowledge courses as ‘unprecedented’
Exclusive
Education system has had ‘failure baked in’ since Gove
NEU president says teachers’ autonomy has been reduced by an education system that stops teachers from being ‘the educators they want to be’