Schools Follow

Schools are increasingly focused on exams and targets. Adam Unwin, co-author of a new book on education, told Sadie Robinson competition lets children and teachers down

A Private finance initiative (PFI) consortium faces financial penalties after the shock closure of 17 Edinburgh schools last Friday.

Teachers are preparing to ballot for strikes against the impact of forced academies, reports Sadie Robinson

Teachers, parents and campaigners are celebrating after the Tories were forced into an embarrassing U-turn on baseline testing.

Chicago teachers are on strike today, Friday, to try to win more funding to save education in the city

THERE IS deep anger against the government’s plans for forced academies and other attacks on education.

Teachers at Small Heath School in Birmingham were set to meet on Tuesday of this week to discuss further action to defend conditions and union rights. Also: strikes at St Peter's Collegiate School and Lambeth College

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

Victimised union rep Simon O'Hara (Pic: Guy Smallman)

Teachers at Birmingham’s Small Heath School began a three-day strike in defence of victimised NUT union rep Simon O’Hara today, Tuesday.

TEACHERS in West Dunbartonshire struck for 24 hours over cuts on Thursday of last week, shutting all five secondary schools in the council area.The teachers rejected the council’s latest offer by nine to one.

Support is growing for Small Heath strikers and their rep—but not from the local MP, says Sadie Robinson