Press releases

Childcare Survey 2025

Date: 20/03/2025

Coram survey shows disadvantaged children and those with SEND least likely to access early years provision.

Curriculum and assessment review interim report

Date: 18/03/2025

The government should set up a process for ongoing review of the curriculum and assessment system and end the political football.

Curriculum

Welfare cuts

Date: 18/03/2025

Cutting welfare benefits will plunge hundreds of thousands of people into poverty and desperation.

EPI report on the disadvantage gap

Date: 17/03/2025

As families struggle to make ends meet, and children’s needs are not being met, their education is bound to suffer.

Child poverty

Bridget Phillipson ASCL speech

Date: 14/03/2025

Where is the funding to build an inclusive education system?

Funding
SEND

Arts and creativity in primary school curriculum

Date: 14/03/2025

It should be an entitlement for all pupils to study arts subjects in schools. For many, the only chance they will get.

Government teacher targets report

Date: 13/03/2025

This NFER report shows the government has a limited window to solve the teacher recruitment and retention crisis within this parliament.

Independent teachers survey results

Date: 10/03/2025

Cost of living driving staff in independent schools into second jobs

Independent

Public Accounts Committee report on funding for disadvantaged children

Date: 07/03/2025

Our members will recognise the problems raised : insufficient funding, an unbalanced focus on academic attainment, and depleted early years provision

Children living in poverty are missing out

Date: 05/03/2025

EPI report shows more children living in poverty are missing out on free school meals and pupil premium

Child poverty

Welsh Government budget

Date: 04/03/2025

The education workforce in Wales need to be empowered to focus on children and young people, not on balancing the budgets

Funding

NEU launches indicative ballot on pay

Date: 01/03/2025

A preliminary electronic ballot of teacher members working in maintained schools, on the need for a fully-funded pay award.

Pay
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