Press releases

National Audit Report into special educational needs

Date: 24/10/2024

This is a wake-up call about the scale of the SEND crisis and the level of ambition required to fix it.

Funding
SEND

Global teacher recruitment and retention crisis

Date: 04/10/2024

NEU launch new report on the global teacher shortage.

Result of NEU snap poll on pay and funding

Date: 30/09/2024

95% of members who responded to the snap poll voted to Accept the offer.

Funding
Pay

Starmer speech to TUC Congress

Date: 10/09/2024

The politics of austerity will only be ended in practice, not in fine words.

Funding

Education at a glance

Date: 10/09/2024

These international comparisons may only show part of the jeopardy facing the education system in England.

School exclusions and suspensions

Date: 05/09/2024

Report by IPPR and The Difference. Disproportionate levels of exclusion are a cause for concern.

Labour Party election win

Date: 05/07/2024

The NEU stands ready to work with Labour to ensure that we have the policies and funding in place to give every child the education they deserve.

Labour pledge on careers advice

Date: 27/06/2024

To have real impact, this must take place alongside investment into the education sector and a broader curriculum.

Unions launch joint education manifesto for Northern Ireland

Date: 22/06/2024

Education Crisis: Teachers Launch Manifesto Ahead of General Election.

SEND school census data

Date: 20/06/2024

The latest SEND data illustrates the unsustainable SEND funding shortfall.

Funding
SEND

IFS on school and college funding

Date: 19/06/2024

We call on all the political parties to think again and commit to investing in the next generation.

Funding

Labour Party General Election manifesto

Date: 13/06/2024

Any new Government will need to reverse cuts to education to boost skills, close equity gaps and deliver the necessary workforce.