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Apr- 2025 -17 April
NAHT Cymru: make teaching attractive to control supply teacher costs
NAHT Cymru is urging the Welsh government to prioritise restoring teaching as an attractive career proposition, in response to figures sourced by the Welsh Conservative which show 16 councils spent more than £78m on supply teachers in 2023/24. While the school leaders’ union concedes that schools will always require the…
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16 April
72% of support staff NEU members work overtime, new survey finds
A total of 72% of support staff members of the National Education Union (NEU) working in state schools and academies in England and Wales, work in excess of their contracted hours, a new survey revealed. According to new data collected by the NEU from more than 3,000 support staff members,…
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16 April
Flintshire Council proposes plans for new Saltney primary school
Flintshire County Council has proposed plans for a new primary school in Saltney as part of its modernisation programme. It comes as the council has been building new schools, remodelling and developing buildings to provide inspiring and modern learning environments for students, staff, parents/carers and the wider community. More than…
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15 April
Local-authority maintained schools outperform academies in teacher retention
Local-authority maintained schools retain teachers better than academies and free schools, new data from a freedom of information (FOI) request revealed. Using data gathered from all schools surveyed in the School Workforce Census for the past 10 years, the National Education Union (NEU) has been able to develop a clear…
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15 April
Racist rhetoric ‘inevitably’ influences pupils, NAHT warns
The National Association of Head Teachers has warned that racist rhetoric in wider society inevitably influences school children, and has called for a “proactive, anti-racist approach to education”, including for all school staff to receive mandatory anti-racism training. It comes as the school leaders’ union has brought a motion to…
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14 April
NEU indicative ballet shows strike appetite despite low turnout
The National Education Union (NEU) has revealed its members have voted to reject the government’s pay offer of 2.8% for all teachers and leaders in England. Members also indicated their willingness to take strike action to secure a fully funded, significantly higher pay award to address the crisis in school…
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14 April
Two thirds of teachers affected by stress 60% of the time, NEU finds
Almost two thirds of teachers (62%) believe that stress affects them more than 60% of the time, the National Education Union (NEU) revealed. In the latest survey of National Education Union members, conducted ahead of the Annual Conference in Harrogate, over 14,000 teachers in English state schools were surveyed about…
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14 April
London mayor launches Greener Schools programme
Sadiq Khan has launched his Greener Schools programme, which aims to help London schools save £18k each year on their energy bills and more on children’s education. London boroughs can apply for a share of £2m in funding to help schools install insulation, solar panels, and heat pumps, as part…
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11 April
NAHT calls on govt for ‘increased and sustained’ investment in teaching
The National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) has said that schools need to see “increased and sustained” investment from the government, in response to the Sutton Trust’s survey finding that roughly half of senior leaders in secondary schools have had to cut back on teaching staff. According to James Bowen,…
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10 April
Luminate Education Group CEO to step down
Colin Booth, the chief executive of Luminate Education Group, has announced his decision to step down from his role and retire at the end of the year Under Booth’s leadership, Luminate Education Group has grown into one of the largest groups of post-16 providers in the country, transforming lives across…
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