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Schools face real terms cuts as Greening announces no new money
Tory education secretary Justine Greening confirmed this week that schools across England face real terms funding cuts.
School strikes in Ealing show the way to beat back academies
Strikes at a primary school in Ealing, west London, have scored a significant victory in a battle against academies.
Parents plan a London carnival in reaction to Tory school funding cuts
Parents, school workers, children and others will gather in central London this Sunday for a carnival against the cuts.
Strikes spread in London schools - and teachers' action can stop Tory funding cuts
Teachers at a number of London schools struck this week against cuts and the threats to education.
Teachers begin strikes at two schools in Ealing to say no to academies
Teachers at two west London schools were out on strike on Tuesday of this week. NUT union members at Drayton Green primary school began a two-day strike on Tuesday. Those at Dormers Wells High School began a three-day strike.
Union leader tells Forest Hill School strikers - ‘Keep up the fight for education’
NUT union general secretary Kevin Courtney has congratulated pickets at Forest Hill School for striking over cuts – and urged them to keep fighting.
As parents plan London protest over school funding cuts - pile pressure on the Tories
13 June 2017Parents, teachers, children and others are preparing to protest against school funding cuts in London. The demonstration is expected to be on Sunday 16 July.
Anger from unions at new SNP plan to privatise teacher training
06 June 2017The EIS education union has reacted angrily to the Scottish government’s plan to involve private firms in teacher training.
The racist ‘Trojan Horse’ lie hits the rocks after case is thrown out
06 June 2017An Islamophobic scheme to accuse Muslims of taking over Birmingham schools was further exposed as a lie last week. Sadie Robinson says the scandal is how Muslims were demonised
Forest Hill School teachers strike for seventh time to stop school cuts
09 May 2017Teachers at Forest Hill School struck for the seventh time today, Wednesday, in a battle to stop savage cuts.
Teachers coordinate strikes in London over school cuts - and protests are planned
25 April 2017Workers at three schools in south east London began a coordinated two-day strike against cuts on Tuesday of this week.
School cuts could soon mean strikes after teachers back walkouts at NUT conference
18 April 2017Teachers in some English schools could strike in the summer term in response to Tory funding cuts. Delegates at the NUT union’s annual conference in Cardiff unanimously voted for the plan last weekend (see below).
NUT union backs ballots for a boycott of the hated Sats tests in primary schools
18 April 2017NUT members voted overwhelmingly for ballots aimed at boycotting the hated Sats tests next year.
National strikes need to be a part of the fight against the Tory attacks on education
11 April 2017The education funding cuts are a national attack and require a national response.
Strikers say ‘come and see the difference we make’ before you cut schools team in half
04 April 2017Teachers and school support staff at three London schools are on strike today, Thursday, against cuts.
Striking teachers battling cuts tell Lewisham councillors to ‘start listening’
04 April 2017Strikers at Forest Hill School in south east London are causing ructions in the local Labour Party in a deepening row over a £1.3 million cuts package that Labour-run Lewisham council wants to push through.
Backlash builds against Tories' cuts to school budgets
28 March 2017Over 100 people joined an angry meeting in Lancaster on Monday, opposing Tory cuts to school funding. The Tories’ so-called fair funding formula will see England’s schools losing
The movement against brutal Tory cuts to school funding is spreading
28 March 2017The revolt to stop the Tories’ attacks on school funding is growing. Over 100 teachers and parents attended a meeting east London on Wednesday.
School bullies meet their match—how resistance to school funding cuts is spreading
21 March 2017Theresa May and her education secretary Justine Greening may have bitten off more than they can chew
Socialist teachers debate fightback and trans liberation
17 January 2017Socialist Teachers Alliance (STA) members met in London last weekend.
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