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LDE strikers stay strong as they plan six more days of strikes to defend union rep

NEU union members at the LDE free school in east London struck for a sixth day on Thursday. And they have voted for more strikes because they see the walkouts as their only chance to make the school better for staff and students.

10 December 2020

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LDE school staff strike to demand reinstatement of union rep Sharon Morgan

Workers at the London Design and Engineering (LDE) free school are taking action to demand the reinstatement of NEU union rep Sharon Morgan.

03 December 2020

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NUT conference – union must fight now to stop Tory attacks on education

The final annual conference of the National Union of Teachers takes place in Brighton over Easter weekend.

27 March 2018

News

Schools face real terms cuts as Greening announces no new money

Tory education secretary Justine Greening confirmed this week that schools across England face real terms funding cuts.

17 July 2017

In Depth

School bullies meet their match—how resistance to school funding cuts is spreading

Theresa May and her education secretary Justine Greening may have bitten off more than they can chew

21 March 2017

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Labour activists slapped down by party officials for opposing free school

Labour Party officials have threatened to suspend one of their own constituency parties for campaigning against a free school

21 March 2017

News

Tories launch school attack

The Tories are throwing another £320 million at expensive free schools in England —and could fund new grammar schools too.

07 March 2017

Background Check

Tories slash our state schools but splash out on their free schools

The Department for Education is splurging on land for privatised free schools while neglected state schools fall into disrepair, Sadie Robinson reports

28 February 2017

News

Time to organise against Tory attacks on education and teachers

The Tories are preparing to force every school in England to become a privately-run academy – but the plan has sparked fierce resistance.

18 March 2016

News

First strike in 30 years for West Dunbartonshire teachers fighting cuts

Also: Tech City teachers could strike again | Strike vote at Trinity academy in Somerset | Talks break down at Listerdale school in Rotherham

05 January 2016

News

Stem 6 strikes push bosses back – again

Teachers at a north London free school have won a resounding victory.

11 February 2014

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Strikes are back on after Stem 6 school bosses renege on union recognition agreement

Teachers at a north London free school were set to strike on Wednesday and Thursday of this week.

04 February 2014

News

Victory at Islington free school as threat of strike wins union recognition

The workers, at Stem 6 Academy in Islington have forced school bosses to back down and won union recognition after threatening to strike.

29 January 2014

News

Education news in brief

Question Time in Hammersmith, Birchgrove Comprehensive, NUT London-wide rally, Campaign against Brixton free school

28 January 2014

News

Islington teachers say, ‘No zero-hours contracts in our schools’

Teachers at the Stem 6 Academy in Islington, north London, were set to strike on Thursday of this week.

28 January 2014

News

Strikes and campaigns in schools, colleges and universities

21 January 2014

News

Teachers’ walkout is a fight for education – and against hated Michael Gove

Anger at the pressure Michael Gove piles on children is driving regional school strikes, says Sadie Robinson

15 October 2013

News

Gove’s free school snatches millions from Islington council

The Tories have taken control of a north London school and handed it to a trust made up of profit-making firms—for free.

02 July 2013

News

School workers strike back

NUT and NASUWT union members at John Gulson school in Coventry began a two-day strike on Tuesday of this week.

18 June 2013

The SW View

No lesson from Labour on education

There will be no return to a properly funded, comprehensive education system under a Labour government.

18 June 2013

News

Profit-making school chain collapses in Sweden

A chain of “for profit” schools, responsible for 10,000 children, has collapsed in Sweden.

04 June 2013

Background Check

Academies and free schools – part of the school places problem

The NUT teachers’ union has exposed the illogical result of the government’s commitment to academies and free schools.

30 April 2013

Background Check

Michael Gove’s battle with reality

Just last week Gove refused to rule out a school closure in the north east of England if a free school opens.

30 April 2013

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