Sixth Form Colleges Association seeks judicial review to allow additional funding for staff pay, highlighting government pay award disparities.
Lack of funding for SEND and mental health specialists has real consequences.
Strike dates announced after a resounding vote in favour.
You get what you pay, for and the decimation of the arts in state schools is evidence of just that.
Government must reduce how many children are living in poverty, and break the cycle.
NEU sixth form members have voted overwhelmingly in favour of taking strike action in their dispute over pay and funding.
Reading for pleasure is an essential part of children’s literacy, wellbeing, and all-round development.
The additional funding announced today is a welcome injection, but still falls short of what is needed to rebuild education, including the investment needed to reverse pay cuts and tackle sky high workload.
Educators suffered huge pay cuts under the Conservatives. Investing properly in education, including reversing the pay cuts, is essential to delivering the economic growth the Prime Minister talked about.
Labour are right to acknowledge that we need to be investing in school buildings. This £1.4 billion is a welcome first step, but more is needed.
The education sector has been devastated by fourteen years of neglect and mismanagement leaving the new Government a mountain to climb.
We must, together, tackle the barriers facing Black teachers.
