Teaching union members back further strike action over pay The National Education Union will decide next steps over pay and funding at its annual conference in Bournemouth next week Evening Standard · Mar 29, 2024
Most schools in England facing real-terms cuts since 2010 thanks to Tories, analysis shows Urgent investment of £12.2bn needed to reverse effects of 14 years of austerity, unions say The Guardian - UK · Feb 24, 2024
Ofsted inspectors ‘make up evidence’ about a school’s performance when IT fails Inspector tells Observer investigation that top officials are aware that computer system crashes can wipe out data The Guardian - UK · Feb 3, 2024
Formal review ordered after DfE apologises for schools funding error Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union, called the error ‘shocking’. The Independent UK · Oct 7, 2023
Council-maintained schools in England outperforming academies in Ofsted ratings Research for Local Government Association renews questions over government’s ‘academisation’ policy The Guardian - UK · Aug 2, 2023
UK’s biggest teaching union votes to end strike action The National Education Union (NEU) said members agreed to accept progress made on pay and funding and halt industrial action The Independent UK · Jul 31, 2023
Scottish junior doctors call off strike after getting 12.4% pay rise offer – as it happened Scottish government says deal amounts to £61.3m investment in junior doctors’ pay, the best offer for this group in UK The Guardian - UK · Jul 7, 2023
Strike action by teachers is ‘undermining’ recovery efforts post-Covid – Keegan Teacher members of the National Education Union in England staged another strike in a long-running dispute over pay. The Independent UK · Jul 5, 2023
Full list of strike dates in July as teachers, rail workers and junior doctors set to take industrial action Members of the National Education Union, Rail Maritime and Transport Union, and British Medical Association all plan to stage walk-outs this month Chronicle Live · Jul 5, 2023
List of North East schools set to close on Wednesday July 5 due to teachers' strike Members of the National Education Union in England are staging fresh strikes on Wednesday and Friday this week - here is a list of schools that will be affected Chronicle Live · Jul 4, 2023
Union chiefs call on Gillian Keegan to publish pay review body’s recommendations Teacher members of the National Education Union in England are set to stage fresh strikes on Wednesday and Friday this week. The Independent UK · Jul 3, 2023
Tory Education Secretary told to come clean over teachers pay proposals as strikes loom Schools across England will face disruption on Wednesday and Friday as members of the National Education Union (NEU) down tools in the latest of a series of nationwide strikes Daily Mirror · Jul 3, 2023
‘Desperate and angry’ headteachers in England ready to join strikes in autumn Unions ballot members about coordinated action that will lead to many more school closures The Guardian - UK · Jul 2, 2023
Majority of Labour members back free school meals for all primary school pupils A YouGov poll for the National Education Union (NEU) of 1,017 Labour members found 89% support ensuring all primary pupils get a free school dinner to ensure kids don't go hungry Daily Mirror · Jun 23, 2023
Daily Mirror · Jun 18, 2023 Labour under pressure to put free school meals in its general election manifesto Dozen of Labour MPs and peers have signed an open letter by the Mirror and the National Education Union urging the party to honour its conference pledge to roll out free school meals universally
The Independent UK · Jun 18, 2023 All the UK strike dates confirmed for June and July 2023 Latest walkouts by NHS junior doctors to bring fresh disruption to healthcare sector with teachers set to join them
Chronicle Live · Jun 17, 2023 Teachers to stage two-day strike action before the end of school term Members of the National Education Union (NEU) will walk out on Wednesday, July 5, and Friday, July 7.
Daily Mirror · Jun 17, 2023 Teachers announce new strike dates next month with major disruption expected in schools National Education Union members in England will walk out on July 5 and 7 with mass disruption expected in schools, after NEU re-balloted plans for action for the rest of the year
Evening Standard · Jun 17, 2023 Teachers in England to strike for two days next month amid pay dispute Members of the National Education Union will walk out on July 5 and 7.
Manchester Evening News · Jun 17, 2023 Teachers in England to stage fresh strikes on two days in July amid pay dispute Members of the National Education Union (NEU) will walk out on July 5 and 7
Evening Standard · May 18, 2023 Teachers to strike in July if pay dispute not resolved, says union The National Education Union is threatening a new wave of walkouts
Daily Mirror · May 10, 2023 Parents hit by £39 weekly bill for school uniforms and supplies for secondary kids State education is free but the cost of uniform, learning materials, school trips, packed lunch and transport sets most parents back at least £39.01 per week per secondary school child and £18.69 per primary child
Evening Standard · May 2, 2023 Schools battle to stay open for students ahead of exams as strikes continue The National Education Union has encouraged headteachers to draw up agreements with teachers to keep schools open for pupils taking exams
Chronicle Live · Apr 27, 2023 North East teachers ask Government to 'pay up' as they go on strike again in ongoing dispute Members of the National Education Union took to pickets lines across the North East, with messages such as 'pay up' and 'fund our schools'
Evening Standard · Apr 27, 2023 OPINION - The Standard View: To end the teacher strikes, both sides need to talk If students and parents thought the end of lockdown would see the last of school disruption, they have been proven badly wrong. Teachers from the National Education Union (NEU) are once again walking out in a dispute over pay. And today’s strike could be the biggest, with schools in the…