Kevin Courtney, Joint General Secretary of the National Education Union, commenting on the latest data from Government on pupils with special educational needs.
Students Hamza Shahbaz and Gabriel Perez detail their experiences of campaigning for much needed change in the education system, specifically around the outdated Ofsted inspectorate.
This year marks 75 years from when the ‘Windrush’ generation came to the UK after the Second World War, starting from 1948. Nearly 500 passengers were carried on the Empire Windrush from Caribbean countries.
Dr Meryl Batchelder, explains how climate education can be embraced in schools.
Andy Heywood, Wirral primary rep, describes his successful safety campaign.
Noo Khadem, rep in Oldham, describes her successful school safety campaign.
Jodie Mallier, a workplace rep in Coventry, describes her successful pay campaign.
The NEU welcomes this inquiry into Ofsted. There is overwhelming consensus in the education profession that inspections need to change.
Sylvia McNeil describes challenges faced with hybrid teaching during the pandemic.
Ofsted recognise the need for change, but these changes don’t address the high stakes pressures that are tied up with a one grade summative judgement.
The NEU has written to the Secretary of State for Education ahead of our National Executive meeting on 17 June to publish the School Teacher Review Body (STRB) report.
The NEU sends deepest sympathy to the family of Mohammed Tamimi who has died of his injuries after being shot by Israeli military forces on 1 June 2023.
