Education Follow

Tory education secretary Michael Gove has said that the Equality Act of 2010 doesn’t apply to the school curriculum.

London teachers in sixth form colleges are preparing to strike for half a day on Thursday of next week.

Children led a march last Saturday against plans to force their schools to become academies. Up to 1,000 people including parents and teachers joined the demonstration through Haringey in north London.

A profit-making company will run a Suffolk school on a ten year contract worth £21 million.

Education secretary Michael Gove used the latest school league table results to accelerate his drive to privatise schools. But his figures don’t add up.

Around 100 people joined a picket line at Montgomery Primary School in Birmingham on Wednesday of last week.

Sixth form teachers in the NUT union have voted overwhelmingly for strikes in two ballots.

Lecturers in the UCU union met for a higher education sector conference on Tuesday of this week.

Children led a march in north London today, Saturday, against academies.

The EIS Scottish education union will lobby other education unions to organise a joint strike as soon as possible.

The NUT teachers’ union has agreed to push for a coordinated, national public sector strike in March. The union’s national executive committee unanimously backed the plan today, Thursday.

Around 100 people joined a picket line at Montgomery Primary School in Birmingham today, Wednesday.