Baseline assessment to become statutory in September
The DfE has satisfied itself about the technical validity of the tests, but is completely incurious about the effects of Baseline Assessment on the educational experience of four year-olds.
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Further Education funding
The system is broken. Colleges are financially struggling, with staff numbers decimated. We need money for staff: parity with schools would require a £7000 pay catch-up for FE college teachers.
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Sixth form college strike rally
London march and rally marking fifth day of strike action in over 30 sixth form colleges.
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Trans-inclusive education conference: Liverpool
Roz Morton, NEU LGBT+ Organising Forum representative, describes how she worked with her local community to organise a successful trans-inclusive education conference.
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Building LGBT+ inclusive environments through reading
This LGBT+ history month, the NEU is promoting our recent publication Every Child Every Family, supporting educators to promote equality through reading.
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Racism and poverty
On Martin Luther King Day, the NEU wants to make the links between poverty and racism better understood.