Blogs

NEU support staff members’ wins in landmark pay dispute after NEU & UNISON take strike action together.

Brighton Academy Trust (UBAT) has been withholding public funding from our school and instead spending it on non-pupil facing roles in their central services.

Almost 20,000 more specialist teachers are needed to fill shortages in EBacc subjects.

How the KS2 reading test fails working-class children

The NEU attended the launch event for the report "Growing Up Online: Children's Online Activities, Harm, and Safety in Northern Ireland" at Stranmillis University College on Thursday 21 September 2023.

Government ministers claim improved reading ability among primary pupils is down to a prescriptive approach to how to teach children to read. But, as Dominic Wyse reveals, the facts behind the figures paint quite a different picture.

A review of secondary assessment and qualifications in Scotland has recommended fewer exams and a wider range of assessment methods to meet the needs of all students.

A West Yorkshire member on their light touch approach to making pupils 'secondary ready', not 'SATs ready'.

Students Hamza Shahbaz and Gabriel Perez detail their experiences of campaigning for much needed change in the education system, specifically around the outdated Ofsted inspectorate.

In responding to the pay claims of teachers ‘ unions, the government responds with the same refrains – “There’s no money".

Martina Porter, Managing Director of an Independent Training Provider, questions the independence of Ofsted’s convoluted complaints procedure.