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Excessive long-hours for teachers: it’s not improving education

Work Clock at an odd angle Attribution Some rights reserved by Marilyn Roxie Commenting on the Education Policy Institute’s publication Teacher workload and professional development in England’s secondary schools: insights from TALIS, Andy Woolley, South West Regional Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, the largest teachers’ union, (more…)

Big talk of academies, but schools face severe funding cuts

Commenting on the Institute for Fiscal Studies report on school funding, Andy Woolley, South West regional secretary of the National Union of Teachers, the largest teachers’ union, said: “The IFS has confirmed that the Government plans the biggest real-terms cut in school funding since at least the late 1970s. (more…)

School funding freeze: NUT shows shocking impact of cuts so far

A survey of NUT representatives in England reveals the shocking effects budget cuts are having on schools and children’s education including: increased class sizes, fewer teachers and support staff, reduced funds for books and resources, and a spike in the use of unqualified teachers. (more…)

Free school failure in the South West

Gove may be gone, but the damage he’s done to education continues. Here’s the South West NUT on the report The Social Composition of Free Schools After Three Years, commissioned by the Institute of Education (IoE).

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Thinking of Free Schools? Here’s the thoughts of SW NUT

Commenting on the announcement of the approval for 38 new free schools to open, Andy Woolley, South West Regional Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, the largest teachers’ union, said: ‘The Education secretary persists in the fantasy that free schools will offer an education unavailable in other state-funded schools. The reverse is true. What is being offered to parents and pupils is an…

SWNUT comment re Education Select Committee Report into White Working Class achievement

Commenting on the Education Select Committee Report Underachievement in Education by White Working Class Children, Andy Woolley, South West Regional Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, the largest teachers’ union, said:

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SW NUT respond to Michael Gove on teachers’ pay

Commenting on the Education Secretary’s response to the School Teachers’ Review Body’s recommendation on teachers’ pay, Andy Woolley, South West Regional Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, the largest teachers’ union, said:  “This 1% pay increase in teachers’ pay scales is totally inadequate.

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