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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…
With regular teaching hours unavailable, agency tutors must compete for lessonsThe British Council has been accused of exploiting hundreds of agency teachers on zero-hour contracts forced to compete for lessons in a “feeding frenzy” every week.An open …
Headteachers’ conference to be told that rise in bullying, abuse and malicious use of deepfakes is being reportedSocial media operators must be “brought to heel” for the misery and disruption they are causing to the lives of students, teachers and pare…
NFER says pupil behaviour, stagnant pay and inflexible working practices contributing to exodus from workforceTeachers in England are abandoning the classroom over worsening pupil behaviour, stagnant pay and inflexible working practices, leaving vacanc…
Parents banned from school sites after leaders spat at and trolled, poll findsFour in five school leaders in England, Wales and Northern Ireland say they have suffered abuse from pupils’ parents in the past year, according to a poll that found they had…