Schools Follow

Teaching assistants (TAs) in Durham are waging an inspiring struggle that shows how to respond to council bosses’ attacks.

New grammar schools won't do what Theresa May says they will, a former teacher writes

Rank and file teaching assistants (TAs) are organising to reject a “much improved” offer from Labour-controlled Durham County Council.

The Tory plan for new grammar schools in England is one of the first major announcements since Theresa May became prime minister.

The two biggest fights we face in schools are over spending cuts that threaten to wreck education, and ending primary Sats tests.

Nostalgic Tories want to take us back to the “selective” schooling system of their youth.

Glasgow school janitors began a five-day strike on Monday in a long-running dispute over pay with bosses at Cordia, a city council-owned firm.

Also: Academy action in Wallasey, East London school bosses back down, Kevin Courtney wins NUT union election

Teachers in England struck on Tuesday in a battle against Tory education policies and cuts. Thousands of schools were closed as the walkout made a big impact.

Teachers will take part in an England-wide school strike next Tuesday over the impact of Tory policies and funding cuts.

Teachers have called an England-wide strike on Tuesday 5 July against Tory funding cuts to education. The NUT union members voted by an overwhelming 92 percent for the action on a turnout of 25 percent.

A STRIKE by teaching assistants (TAs) in Derby shut thirty schools and partially closed many others last Thursday.