Coronavirus - post 16
NEU advice and FAQs for members in post-16 colleges regarding Covid-19.
MPs debate post-16 funding
An Education Committee report recently published, recommended that to urgently address underfunding in further education, there needs to be an increase to the base rate from £4,000 to at least £4,760, rising in line with inflation.
Sixth form colleges ballot and strike
National Education Union members working in 34 sixth form colleges took action on Tuesday 10 March (the day before the budget).
Sixth form colleges
Specific advice for members about pay and conditions in sixth form colleges (the Red Book) and information about our campaigns in the sector.
Further education
Specific advice for members about pay and conditions in Further Education (FE) Colleges and information about our campaigns in the Post-16 sector.
Advice
Protection of children and vulnerable adults in FE Colleges
Advice on what NEU reps should expect colleges to have in place to protect children and vulnerable adults.
Redundancy in the FE sector (for reps)
Redundancy has unfortunately become a fact of life for education staff in recent years. This guidance is for workplace reps about redundancy and the consultation process that NEU’s FE members whose posts are at risk should expect.
Restructuring in FE Colleges
When colleges are going through restructuring members understandably look to their union for support and advice. This guidance is intended to assist NEU college reps in dealing with the issue and ensuring that restructures are carried out fairly and transparently.
Pay framework for teachers in sixth form colleges
Guidance on the pay framework for sixth form college teachers and advice for NEU representatives for college level discussions on its implementation.
Sixth form college pay
Pay scales and updates on pay negotiations for sixth form colleges.
Tackling workload in sixth form colleges
Workload in colleges and schools has reached unprecedented levels. Take action on workload in sixth form colleges today.
ALPS and performance management
The term ALPS is derived from A-Level Performance System. ALPS aims to provide value added scores to colleges and to individual courses.
Health and safety in sixth form colleges
The basic framework of health and safety law for sixth form colleges
NEU Recognition & Recruitment in the Post-16 Sector in England & Wales
This advice is intended to assist in discussions in relation to recognition and recruitment in FE colleges and sixth form colleges where there are National Education Union (NEU) members.
Employment rights in the further education sector
Details of your statutory rights as an employee in the Further education sector. In some cases your contract will provide you with better terms and conditions and, if this is the case, those better terms and conditions will apply.
Employment rights in sixth form colleges
Details about your employment rights under the Red Book as well as the minimum rights you are entitled to under general employment law.
Blog
Sixth form colleges – why we are taking action
The relentless attack on 16-19 funding since 2010 has resulted in job losses and increased workload for all education workers.
Press release
Joint unions express outrage at pay offer
Trade unions representing staff in English further education colleges have today (Thursday) slammed the decision by the Association of Colleges (AoC) to offer a 1% pay increase and demanded to know what additional Government funding had been spent on.
Post-Qualification University Admissions
Government proposal to use real rather than predicted A level grades for higher education places.
Circuit Breaker for Secondary Schools and Post-16
National Education Union is calling for an urgent circuit breaker to suppress Covid cases
Coronavirus: Gavin Williamson's speech on FE
Ambitious proposals to regenerate the further education sector are welcome. The devil of course will be in the detail and we will need to see what is in the White Paper in September.
Public Accounts Committee report on UTCs
This report vindicates the NEU’s longstanding concerns about UTCs. Significant resources have been ploughed into the programme despite serious flaws in the model and its poor record.
Unions set out five tests Government and colleges must meet
Trade unions set out five tests Government and colleges must meet before staff and students can return.
Budget
The Government’s pledge last year to increase school funding fell short of the £12.6 billion we estimate is needed to replace the cuts made since 2015. Schools and colleges continue to fall into disrepair, and at the present rate it will take several decades to rebuild them all.
Further Education funding
The system is broken. Colleges are financially struggling, with staff numbers decimated. We need money for staff: parity with schools would require a £7000 pay catch-up for FE college teachers.
Striking tomorrow in sixth form colleges
34 sixth form colleges will be taking strike action on Wednesday 12 February in response to the impact of funding cuts in their sector.
Green Party Manifesto
The Green Party’s pledge to end centrally-imposed testing and Ofsted inspections is a welcome recognition of the pressures high-stakes accountability places on schools, narrowing the curriculum and driving teachers out of the profession.
More than 30 sixth form colleges on strike Wednesday
National Education Union members working in 34 sixth form colleges will be taking a day of strike action on Wednesday 20 November to demand more funding for their students and their colleges.
IFS on education spending in England
This IFS report confirms our belief that the additional money announced in the Spending Round is insufficient. They point out that even after the Spending Round, schools still have to cope with an unprecedented 13-year long funding squeeze.
16-19 Funding
Funding announcement for further education and sixth form colleges is nowhere near to closing the £1.1bn gap.
Post-16 colleges
Commenting on the passing of Motion 36 at the Annual Conference of the National Education Union, Dr Mary Bousted, Joint General Secretary of the National Education Union, said: “NEU members are calling on politicians and the public to recognise the weakened and fragmented state of the post-16 sector.
Policy
Funding for 16-19 Education
In desperate times for education funding, post-16 funding has suffered even more.