Parents targeting teachers with ‘aggressive’ emails since Covid outbreak NASUWT say tutors being contacted 24 hours of the day as job parameters become blurred amid pandemic The Guardian - UK · Apr 17, 2022
Almost half of UK teachers had Covid last term, survey suggests Union poll finds 48% of teachers saying they tested positive during spring term, with many now struggling to access free tests The Guardian - UK · Apr 17, 2022
Teachers’ leader calls for crackdown on ‘bad bosses’ in private schools Patrick Roach has said there is a ‘growing list of shame’ where private schools are using ‘fire and rehire’ policies. The Independent UK · Apr 17, 2022
Teachers urge action on class sizes as three-quarters say numbers have gone up Nearly four in 10 teachers say their class size has increased significantly over the last five years. The Independent UK · Apr 16, 2022
Teachers are 'popping pills' to cope with the workload, union told Teachers have voted to campaign for educators to have limits set on their working hours Wales Online · Apr 16, 2022
Schools’ impartiality guidance has ‘chilling effect’ on discussions of extremism Teachers are already questioning themselves about which issues can be discussed in the classroom, a union head says. The Independent UK · Apr 16, 2022
Teachers forced to ‘pop pills’ over excess workload, union told Teachers’ union Nasuwt says wellbeing sessions on finger-painting do not ‘chip away’ at the workload they face. The Independent UK · Apr 16, 2022
Teacher awarded £850,000 payout after being punched in face and kicked by pupil A science teacher was brutally attacked during a lesson when a pupil punched and kicked them in 2017, but now they have been awarded a massive £850,000 in compensation Daily Mirror · Apr 14, 2022
London teacher awarded £850,000 after pupil’s attack Academy teacher suffered head injury, tinnitus, back injury and severe depression The Guardian - UK · Apr 13, 2022