Schools Follow

Around 70 people formed a loud, confident picket line at Forest Hill School for boys in Lewisham, south east London, today, Tuesday.

Parents, teachers and other campaigners joined a public meeting over school funding cuts in Hammersmith, west London, on Tuesday of last week. The meeting was backed by the local council.

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

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

Teachers at Bollin Primary School in Bowdon, Cheshire, struck on Thursday of last week.

Around 200 teaching assistants (TAs) protested outside Durham County Hall on Friday of last week. It was the culmination of a week of protests during half term.

Also: will the SNP satisfy Glasgow council strikers?

A racist witch hunt is underway in Oldham, Greater Manchester. The Sunday Times claims Muslims are trying to take over state schools.

Six education unions have denounced Tory cuts to school funding as a “national scandal”.

Three cleaners at Kinsley primary school in Barnsley were sacked just before Christmas by their private employer, Barnsley-based company C&D Cleaning.

A ballot for strikes to demand the reinstatement of sacked NUT union rep Simon O’Hara ended on 15 December last year.

Glasgow council workers were set to continue strikes against privatisation on Thursday.