Local Matters – educating with a sense of place
Tackling poverty and disadvantage in schools through the empowerment of teachers and illuminating the local.
Tackling poverty and disadvantage in schools through the empowerment of teachers and illuminating the local.
The NEU is opposed to the academisation of our schools, whether through forced or voluntary conversion.
The Phonics Screening Check promotes school accountability, not a love of reading.
When 4- & 5-year-olds should be settling into school, they are unnecessarily tested.
The revised early learning goals of the EYFSP narrow the curriculum and undermine the role of early years in education.
In Year 4, children sit a test on their times tables.
Many other organisations are calling for change. It is essential that Government listens to them.
Maintained nursery schools (MNS) are under threat of closure due to chronic underfunding by the Government.
A high quality early years education improves the lives of children, has a positive impact on their future educational attainment and contributes towards social equality.
High staff-to-child ratios help learning and keep children safe.
Your NEU is a campaigning union with a clear vision of what our education system should look like.
How a united campaign of action in Northern Ireland led to a successful outcome.