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Appointment of leftwinger with no teaching background is controversial in traditionally moderate NASUWTUK politics live – latest updatesThe leadership of the NASUWT teaching union has been thrown into doubt after a legal challenge was issued over its a…
A survey of more than 14,000 staff also found schools having to step in to provide basic household itemsA third of school staff have seen “physical underdevelopment” in students due to poverty, with schools in England stretching their budgets to buy ba…
National Education Union calls Reform UK ‘far-right and racist’ as it pledges funds to opposite Reform in electionsThe UK’s largest teaching union has called Reform UK “far-right and racist”, and its leader has dismissed Nigel Farage as “a poundshop Do…
Research from the NEU suggests only 1.5% of school staff unaffected by stress at workStress is taking an “immense toll” on the lives of teachers in England, with only 1.5% of those working in schools unaffected by the high levels of strain that plagues…
Matt Wrack in line to become leader of traditionally moderate union despite lack of teaching experienceMinisters have expressed concern at a teaching union’s nomination of Matt Wrack for its next general secretary, criticising the appointment for his l…
More schools also reducing spending on trips, IT, extracurricular activities and GCSE subject choicesHalf of secondary schools in England have been forced to cut staff this year due to financial pressures that are pushing many “towards breaking point”,…
The nomination by Conservatives of the former chief inspector of schools has been met with outrage by the headteacher’s family, and called ‘obscene’ by school leadersAmanda Spielman, Ofsted’s chief inspector when headteacher Ruth Perry took her own lif…
Union says hold-ups in issuing pension transfer values causing ‘intolerable strain’Teachers have launched group legal action against the government after pension processing delays left them unable to get divorced.Staff have been caused “intolerable str…
Interim report for schools in England to also recommend more emphasis on digital and media literacy, sustainability and climate sciencePupils should sit fewer GCSE exams and Michael Gove’s English baccalaureate faces being scrapped under plans to be re…
School leaders attacked as ‘an unaccountable elite’ after years of below-inflation pay rises for teachersA record 775 heads of school academies in England were given pay packages worth more than £150,000 in 2022-23, sparking allegations of an unaccount…