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The NEU is opposed to the academisation of our schools, whether through forced or voluntary conversion.
Resources for reps and members transferring to or working in an academy or free school
There are several different ways that members can move to a new academy employer.
A “measure” is a very broad term which will apply to any deliberate change in working conditions or practices which your employer wants to introduce.
EDSK think-tank calls for a new approach to England’s school system.
The NEU is opposed to academisation yet supports and represents its members in academies in the same way as members in local authority maintained schools.
Becoming part of a MAT should be a decision based on an informed view of the evidence and arguments.
A checklist for reps before transferring to a new employer
Know your contractual rights so that you can ensure they transfer to any new employer.
Know your rights, so you can act collectively to safeguard them.
TUPE information and consultation process and the key issues to be aware of
TUPE is shorthand for the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection and Employment) Regulations 2006, a legal framework around which you can involve and engage members to act collectively to protect and advance their rights as they transfer to a new employer.
The process of transferring staff from one employer to another (eg an academy) is governed by the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 ( TUPE).
The most common queries NEU members have on health and safety policy in academy trusts.
Health and safety concerns in academies
Details of how academies and trusts set pay scales and what pay and conditions arrangements are in place in these workplaces.
A model health and safety policy for academy trusts, where no such policy is in place or where the existing policy is considered to be inadequate.
The report makes a number of important conclusions. As the Education Bill makes its way through the legislative process, Ministers must review the impact of academisation on primary schools.
NEU joins legal filing against unlawful move to force Holland Park School into a multi-academy trust.
Further academisation does not figure on the list of priorities for anyone involved in education.
The Office for Statistics Regulation has today agreed with the NEU’s complaint about the Government’s evidence document.
Comment on a new report from the Local Government Association
Comment on the passing of Motion 38 at the Annual Conference of the National Education Union
NEU analysis of the Government document shows that the evidence for forcing schools into MATs is badly flawed.
The report makes all too clear that the proposed plans are likely to be both unworkable and damaging. The rationale of the academy system - based on competition between chains - means there will always be schools that are left unsupported.
Department for Education backs down over forced academisation for schools in Hallam Diocese
Academy orders issued to schools in Hallam Diocese ‘unlawfully’, say education unions
NEU calls for Serious Fraud Office inquiry into Collective Spirit Free School and Manchester Creative Studio School.
Kevin Courtney, joint general secretary of the National Education Union has commented on the publication by the DfE of annual reports on the expenditure and performance of the academy school sector.
Commenting on today’s Department for Education figures detailing the number of and cost of academy transfers and funding in England, Dr Mary Bousted, joint general secretary of the National Education Union, said:
Staff take 2 more days of action to protect the most vulnerable students in North Yorkshire and form the “Working together walk”
National Education Union members at The John Roan School, a secondary in Greenwich will be taking further strike action on Tuesday 14 May as part of their ongoing campaign to revoke the academy order imposed on the school and stop its forced academisation.
A report to be launched today by Education International (EI), the global education union confederation, lifts the lid on the activities of so-called ‘philanthropic’ organisations involved in promoting the commercialisation, marketisation and privatisation of education systems around the world.
Dr Mary Bousted, Joint General Secretary of the National Education comments on the decision by the Department for Education to lift its academy order against William Torbitt Primary School in Redbridge.
NEU welcomes the news that St Phillip's Primary School in Romsey has decided not to convert into an academy or join an MAT.
Kevin Courtney, Joint General Secretary of the National Education Union has commented on the Education Secretary’s call for more academies, and the Department for Education’s analysis of sponsored academies.
Dr Mary Bousted, Joint General Secretary of the National Education Union has commented on the Sutton Trust report Chain Effects 2018, published today.
Kevin Courtney, Joint General Secretary of the NEU has commented on Academy accounts and performance, the report of the Commons Public Accounts Committee (PAC).
The Joint Union Asbestos Committee which comprises the education and support staff unions (ASCL, GMB, NAHT, NASUWT, NEU, UCU, UNISON, Unite and Voice) and the Asbestos in Schools Group, Chaired by Emma Hardy MP are today responding to the asbestos recommendations in the Public Accounts Committee report into Academy accounts and performance.
A UCL report on social mobility confirms what the NEU has been warning about for some years, says Kevin Courtney, Joint General Secretary of the National Education Union.
The NEU welcomes a report from the Public Accounts Committee into converting schools to academies, and agrees with its recommendations.
Academy sector and schools as a whole are feeling the effects of an unsustainable funding model, NEU says.
Members at an Oasis academy school in London have made real progress in tackling workload.
The Government continues to promote its academy agenda, encouraging and compelling schools to become academies as part of multi-academy trusts (MATs). This guidance sets out the legal rights and arguments that can be made to resist academisation.
Myths about academisation and the facts that inform our opposition to the process.
Academisation of Catholic schools has accelerated in recent years, with a number of Catholic dioceses encouraging schools to convert to academy status as part of Catholic Multi Academy Trusts (MATs).