Schools Follow

A tribunal ruling relating to a man embroiled in the Trojan Horse hoax in Birmingham will not be published—even though the hearing was public.

NEU union members at Royal Docks Community School in Newham, east London, struck on Wednesday 13 December. They are fighting plans to turn the school into an academy.

A new book uncovers how the Tories used the Birmingham schools Trojan Horse ‘scandal’ to push an Islamophobic agenda

Muslim girls in primary schools will be questioned by school inspectors if they wear a hijab or headscarf

The scandal over Wakefield City Academies Trust has exposed the realities of privatisation. Many people want the schools abandoned by the trust to be run by the council.

 GMB and NEU union members struck at Charlton Park Academy in Greenwich, south east London, last Tuesday and Thursday, to defend their sick pay.

There are growing demands for schools abandoned by a multi?academy trust in Yorkshire to be taken back under local authority control.

Hundreds of people joined a meeting in Birmingham last week about the Trojan Horse allegations—despite attempts to stop it.

Workers at Charlton Park Academy special needs school in south east London struck on Tuesday.

Over a third of state schools in England are operating with a cash deficit. The figure was revealed in an answer to a parliamentary question on school finances.

Also: strike called at Badock’s Wood Primary School in Bristol

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