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July 2024

  • Rupert Lowe seated at a press conference table

    Reform UK MP accused of mounting ‘witch-hunt’ against local teachers

    Rupert Lowe says he has list of schools in Great Yarmouth who ‘pushed’ criticism of hard-right party to pupils

June 2024

  • An adult hands a plate of sausage and egg to a child

    Eight in 10 primary teachers in England spending own money to help pupils

    Increasing numbers of children hungry and lack adequate clothing, with two-thirds of secondary teachers also supporting pupils

April 2024

  • Teacher with two pupils

    One in three teachers have no behaviour support for pupils with additional needs, poll finds

    Long waiting lists and insufficient resources part of system that is ‘failing’ children, according to NEU members in England and Wales

March 2024

  • Kenan Malik

    What a teacher in hiding can tell us about our failure to tackle intolerance

    Kenan Malik
  • Ian Mackintosh

    Other lives
    Ian Mackintosh obituary

January 2024

  • A picture of Ruth Perry’s whose death has prompted Ofsted to make a ‘fresh start’.

    Ofsted bows to pressure and halts inspections after Ruth Perry’s suicide

    New leader Martyn Oliver says he will heed unions’ call, after coroner ruled inspection had contributed to headteacher’s death

December 2023

  • Pam Bagguley in the role of Gigi at the Greyfriars Centre drama group in Ringwood, Hampshire, in 1961

    Other lives
    Pam Bagguley obituary

    Other lives: Actor, riding school owner and drama teacher who spent much of her life in and around the New Forest

November 2023

  • Backs of children sitting in classroom with hands up as teachers stands at white board

    Ofsted’s ‘simplistic judgments’ no longer fit for purpose, schools experts warn

    Former ministers and leaders agree that inspections in England resulting in one-word summaries need to be reviewed

October 2023

  • Children and teacher in a classroom

    UK government keeping files on teaching assistants’ and librarians’ internet activity

    Exclusive: Department for Education monitoring social media posts from England-based staff for criticism of its policies

September 2023

  • The study by the coalition Who’s Losing Learning? estimated that more than 3,000 pupils were being sent home every day in England.

    School suspensions rise sharply among disadvantaged children in England

    Analysis shows that since the pandemic those living in poverty were 3.7 times more likely to be sent home than other pupils

August 2023

  • Pupils walking to school

    Crumble-risk concrete is latest upheaval to hit England’s schools

    After years of squeezed funding, teachers are furious at government’s ‘shocking neglect’ of buildings

July 2023

  • Ending the private school tax break will raise about £1.7bn, says Labour leader Keir Starmer.

    First Edition newsletter
    Thursday briefing: Can ending tax breaks for private schools smash the ‘class ceiling’?

  • Teachers and lecturers take part in industrial action in Leeds in February.

    ‘Desperate and angry’ headteachers in England ready to join strikes in autumn

June 2023

  • Nadeine Asbali

    If you think absent pupils are skiving, just try spending a day in a school

    Nadeine Asbali
  • Kulvarn Atwal, headteacher of Uphall primary school, Ilford, Essex.

    ‘Like looking for a unicorn’: inside English schools’ recruitment crisis

  • Nearly two-thirds of teachers surveyed said they had noticed an increase in inattention and daydreaming in classrooms since the Covid pandemic.

    Children’s attention span ‘shorter than ever’ since Covid crisis, say teachers in England

  • Bruce Forsyth’s ‘Nice to see you, to see you nice’ is a great example of a chiasmus.

    Nice to teach you: Brucie can help boost children’s speech, says classics professor

May 2023

  • Teaching assistants are the ‘unsung heroes’ of the education system, says Paul Whiteman of the NAHT union.

    Low pay ‘forcing teaching assistants out of UK classrooms’

    Three quarters say they feel undervalued and are thinking about quitting, charity warns

April 2023

  • Pearl Norman

    Other lives
    Pearl Norman obituary

    Other lives: English teacher who worked towards a fairer, more equal world and gave thanks for her own good fortune

March 2023

  • Kevin Courtney and Mary Bousted, joint general secretaries of the NEU, speaking to the media after an earlier meeting with the education secretary in January.

    Prospect of more teachers’ strikes in England as union ‘insulted’ by pay offer

    National Education Union to recommend members reject offer of 4.3% rise and £1,000 one-off payment
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