NEU sixth form members have voted overwhelmingly in favour of taking strike action in their dispute over pay and funding.
High workload and excessive working hours are the most quoted reasons for teachers leaving the profession prematurely.
Reading for pleasure is an essential part of children’s literacy, wellbeing, and all-round development.
The aim of this checklist on ratios for students in SEND and Alternative Provision schools is to provide a framework that schools can adopt to ensure they adhere to good practice.
The aim of this checklist on Early Years ratios is to provide a framework that schools can adopt to ensure children are able to develop a relationship with their key person and help them feel safe, secure and able to learn.
The additional funding announced today is a welcome injection, but still falls short of what is needed to rebuild education, including the investment needed to reverse pay cuts and tackle sky high workload.
Joint FE trade union statement on the Association of Colleges (AoC) recommendation on pay and related matters in England
Educators suffered huge pay cuts under the Conservatives. Investing properly in education, including reversing the pay cuts, is essential to delivering the economic growth the Prime Minister talked about.
Labour are right to acknowledge that we need to be investing in school buildings. This £1.4 billion is a welcome first step, but more is needed.
The education sector has been devastated by fourteen years of neglect and mismanagement leaving the new Government a mountain to climb.
We must, together, tackle the barriers facing Black teachers.
