Press releases

Result of NEU preliminary electronic ballot on pay and funding

Date: 11/04/2025

93.7 per cent of members who responded voted to Reject the offer.

Pay

NFER/Sutton Trust on schools cutting staff

Date: 10/04/2025

Holding down education funding runs counter to promises to improve schools and to increase the life chances of children brought up in poverty.

NFER on socio-emotional skills

Date: 03/04/2025

Report shows students lagging behind other nations.

Mental health

Teacher pay compares poorly to other professions

Date: 01/04/2025

NEU-commissioned research shows teacher pay lags behind other professions

Pay

Child poverty stats

Date: 27/03/2025

The government should make sure every child has the best start in life and invest in the next generation.

Child poverty

Ways to support pupils in secondary schools returning from absence

Date: 27/03/2025

National Foundation for Educational Research report shows pupils returning from absence need individual support rather than fines and bribery.

NEU comments on the Chancellor’s Spring Statement

Date: 26/03/2025

The Spring Statement will cause deep anger among education staff because it does not address the key issue preventing schools and colleges from supporting children and young people - a lack of funding.

Funding

Use of teacher pension flexibility for pay

Date: 21/03/2025

Pension provision, should be encouraged, not discouraged to offset poor pay increases

Pay
Pensions

Statistics on young people’s participation in education, employment and training

Date: 20/03/2025

This data shows how too many young people are not getting the support they need.

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.

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