Press releases

School Cuts website update

Date: 07/06/2024

66% of special schools and 63% of maintained nursery schools (MNS) in England have faced real-terms cuts since 2010.

Funding

DfE school workforce statistics

Date: 06/06/2024

A woeful testament to 14 years of Government mismanagement and neglect.

IFS research on inequalities in education

Date: 05/06/2024

Education attainment should not be limited or determined by young people’s background.

NFER on child poverty

Date: 05/06/2024

NFER report showing rise in children arriving to school hungry.

Child poverty

Support for Free School Meals

Date: 04/06/2024

Deltapoll/NEU poll finds majority support for extending Free School Meals to all primary school children.

Child poverty

IFS briefing on school funding

Date: 04/06/2024

There is a broad consensus that, failed by Government, our schools and colleges are at breaking point

Funding

NEU launches manifesto for education

Date: 03/06/2024

The union has identified ten key policy areas in need of urgent attention from the next Government.

GE2024

Misuse of Ofsted data

Date: 24/05/2024

Office of Statistics Regulation response to NEU complaint that Gillian Keegan’s use of Ofsted statistics is misleading.

Ofsted

Announcement of General Election

Date: 22/05/2024

Education must be a priority for any political party wanting to form the next Government.

Education committee on teacher shortages

Date: 17/05/2024

This Government created crisis in the recruitment and retention of teachers is having a significant detrimental impact on pupils' learning.

Funding

Labour promise on teacher numbers

Date: 16/05/2024

Additional teachers are desperately needed and would contribute to better life chances.

Funding

RSHE guidance for schools

Date: 15/05/2024

Yet more culture war noise from an ill-informed and out of touch Government.