Press releases

Bridget Phillipson's proposal to remove the four headline grades that Ofsted currently awards is a welcome step towards addressing inspection issues.

After days of intensive negotiation, the education unions ASCL, NAHT, NASUWT and NEU have been presented with a pay offer by the education Secretary.

The latest NFER report shows what many of us in the education sector have long feared about the state of teacher recruitment and retention: this crisis is entrenched, and it cuts deep and hard.

73% of NEU teacher members in Wales who responded to the union’s consultation have voted to ACCEPT the pay offer put forward by the Welsh Government, and end the dispute.

Ofsted should pause all its inspections and reflect upon the unmanageable and counter-productive stress they cause for school leaders.

The Government and the education trade unions, Association of School and College Leaders, National Association of Head Teachers, NASUWT and National Education Union, have agreed to move into a period of intensive talks.

Following the Minister’s revised offer for teachers in Wales, NEU Cymru are consulting their teacher members, to see whether they accept or reject the offer, via an electronic ballot.

A properly funded early years sector is crucial to any attempts to improve the educational outcomes of children across the country.

Following lengthy negotiations with the Welsh Government, a new, revised and fully-funded pay offer will be put to teacher members.  

The findings released show that providing schools with direct funding is a more effective means of ensuring that the most disadvantaged students get the support they need.

An attempt by education unions involved in the industrial action dispute over pay and funding to break the current deadlock and move forward with talks with the government has been ignored.

We endorse the recommendations by Barnardo’s for universal free school meals in primary schools.