Schools Follow

Workers at Connaught School for Girls in north east London struck on Tuesday in an escalating dispute over pay

Newham council in east London has passed a motion opposing academies, following a series of strikes by school workers.

Workers at three east London schools struck together yesterday—with lively picket lines joined by parents, teachers, and support workers

Workers and parents are united in this battle for education

Workers began a three-day strike at The Village School in Brent, west London, on Tuesday of this week. The action, by NEU union members, is against a plan to turn the school into an academy.

 

A large group of parents turned out to protest against Academies Enterprise Trust (AET) at St Helen’s Primary in Barnsley as the school reopened after half term on Monday.

Workers at Cumberland School in Newham, east London, struck on Thursday of last week against a plan to turn their school into an academy.

Tory cuts to school funding have caused thousands of job cuts across England.

Muslim parents are angry and worried after Ofsted watchdog chief executive Amanda Spielman backed a head teacher who had banned the hijab.

Teachers and other school workers struck at Avenue Primary. It was the NEU members’ first of two days of strike action, an escalation from the previous one day strikes.

More than 40 school cleaners in six schools in Hackney, east London, have voted to strike by 100 percent on a 60 percent turnout.