Blogs

Kevin Courtney, Joint General Secretary of the NEU, highlights the inspectorate’s critical role in forced academisation.

Dr. Mary Bousted, Joint General Secretary of the NEU, interrogates the latest research on ‘stuck’ schools

Ryan Wilson, author of Let That Be A Lesson: A Teacher’s Life in the Classroom, explores the impact of Ofsted’s ineffectiveness in the workplace.

Sylvia McNeil describes challenges faced with hybrid teaching during the pandemic.

Robert Poole talks about how he became an NEU Rep and achieved a successful pay campaign at his workplace.

Fran King describes how acting collectively led to a successful safety campaign during the pandemic.

Donna Macdonald describes her successful health and safety campaign during COVID.

Andy Heywood, Wirral primary rep, describes his successful safety campaign.

Noo Khadem, rep in Oldham, describes her successful school safety campaign.

Jodie Mallier, a workplace rep in Coventry, describes her successful pay campaign.

There is an urgent need to ensure that children and young people are equipped with the knowledge and the skills to stay safe and develop healthy, happy and equal relationships.