Press releases

Government report into child poverty

Date: 23/10/2024

We are pleased this Government is prioritising reducing child poverty.

Child poverty

Review of Free Schools

Date: 22/10/2024

The Government has an opportunity to undo fourteen years of chaos in school management and planning.

Free schools

Further Education pay recommendation 2024/25

Date: 11/10/2024

All staff working in FE deserve better than this deeply unsatisfactory offer.

FE
Pay

Labour’s plan to “Make Work Pay”

Date: 10/10/2024

An important step in drawing a line on 14 years of attacks on workers.

Trade union rights

Employment Rights Bill

Date: 10/10/2024

A welcome step towards the promised overhaul of workers' rights.

Rights at work

STRB Report and Government response consultation

Date: 07/10/2024

Joint unions welcome the 5.5% pay increase for this year but this must be the first of steps to reverse pay cuts.

Pay

Global teacher recruitment and retention crisis

Date: 04/10/2024

NEU launch new report on the global teacher shortage.

Bridget Phillipson's remit letter to the School Teachers' Review Body

Date: 30/09/2024

We need clear recognition of the need for further corrections in pay.

Pay

Result of NEU snap poll on pay and funding

Date: 30/09/2024

95% of members who responded to the snap poll voted to Accept the offer.

Funding
Pay

DfE research of the professions: working lives of teachers and leaders

Date: 27/09/2024

Workload, wellbeing and pay remain issues that need to be dealt.

Workload

Bridget Phillipson's conference speech

Date: 25/09/2024

The education secretary today painted a positive vision for the future of education in Britain. It’s high time that a Government puts children at the centre of its decisions.

NFER on pupil projections in England

Date: 25/09/2024

The fall in pupil numbers is an opportunity to reduce the size of classes in English schools.

Class sizes

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