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Early years funding in England
A high quality early years education improves the lives of children, has a positive impact on their future educational attainment and contributes towards social equality.
DBS checks
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks are designed to help employers determine your suitability for appointment.
Childcare disqualification
The childcare disqualification arrangements automatically disqualify a person from providing, or working in, childcare at the point they are convicted of or cautioned for specified offences or where they meet other disqualification criteria set out in the regulations.
Allegations of abuse against staff
NEU provides legal advice and support for members facing allegations of abuse. If contacted by the police, inform the NEU immediately.
Rohingya refugee children in Bangladesh
Around 800,000 Rohingya refugees fled genocidal attacks by the Burmese military in 2017.
School attacked in Thailand
The NEU is deeply shocked and saddened by the horrific killing of at least 38 people, most of them children, in a gun and knife attack at a nursery in Nong Bua Lamphu province of north-east Thailand on 6 October.
Manston Immigration centre: Urgent need to provide suitable accommodation
Reports of the humanitarian emergency unfolding at Manston immigration processing centre this week must lead urgently to swift action.
Ontario workers defeat draconian anti-union legislation
Trade unionists in Canada are celebrating the defeat of Doug Ford’s draconian anti-worker legislation.
NEU condemns human rights abuses in Iran
As nationwide protests move into a second month in Iran, the NEU continues to stand in solidarity with Iranian teacher unions and all those moving to defend human rights across the country.
Saluting human rights defenders on Human Rights Day
On Human Rights Day, 10 December, the NEU stands in solidarity with all those across the globe fighting to defend their basic human rights.
Solidarity with human rights defenders in Iran
The NEU condemns the crackdown on human rights protesters in Iran and stands in solidarity with all those exercising their rights to peaceful protest following the death in police custody of Mahsa Amini in September.