Freddie Whittaker

1 week ago | schoolsweek.co.uk | Freddie Whittaker |Jack Dyson |Lucas Cumiskey

More from this theme Recent articles The leader of the National Education Union has vowed to make Labour MPs “pay a high political price through our campaigning in their constituencies” if teachers are denied an increased, fully-funded pay rise. In his keynote speech to the union’s annual conference in Harrogate this morning, Daniel Kebede said it was “indefensible for a Labour Government, a Labour Government, to cut school funding”.

1 week ago | schoolsweek.co.uk | Freddie Whittaker |Jack Dyson |Lucas Cumiskey

More from this theme Recent articles The leader of the National Education Union (NEU) has said teachers could walk out on strike as soon as the autumn term if the government won’t up its pay offer and fully-fund the increase. Daniel Kebede told journalists at the union’s annual conference in Harrogate he was “very convinced” a formal ballot would cross the required 50 per cent turnout threshold, after an indicative poll fell short at just over 47 per cent.

1 week ago | schoolsweek.co.uk | Freddie Whittaker

The National Education Union (NEU) would likely await the outcome of the pay review process before formally balloting for strikes. Union members will this week be asked to endorse a plan to only launch a ballot if the teacher pay increase process yields an “unacceptable” offer. A motion to the union’s conference in Harrogate will also call on its leadership to “consider disengaging from the school teachers’ review body process if government do not accept any STRB recommendation above inflation”.

2 weeks ago | schoolsweek.co.uk | Freddie Whittaker

More from this theme Recent articles Councils are “not interested in making life difficult for academies just for the sake of it” with new powers to oppose expansions, a senior local authority official has insisted. But Rachael Wardell, the new president of the Association of Directors of Children’s Services, said schools needed to be “where the children are”, and that it was not helpful for any school to “expand beyond its local community”.

2 weeks ago | schoolsweek.co.uk | Freddie Whittaker

More from this theme Recent articles The National Education Union (NEU) should prepare for national strikes next year if it fails to win concessions from government on workload, a motion to its conference next week argues. Members will also debate a motion calling for a ballot for a potential boycott of SATs, and another exploring industrial action if government will not negotiate over the use if AI in education.