Schools
Small Heath teachers strike again
17 November 2015Teachers in the NUT, NASUWT and ATL unions at Small Heath School in Birmingham were set to strike on Wednesday of next week.
Education round-up
10 November 2015Planned strikes this week at St Wilfrid’s Catholic High School suspended, Derbyshire school support staff protest council cuts and teachers plan parliament lobby.
Academy chain in payment scam
27 October 2015An academy chain paid over £800,000 in two years to “consulting” companies that its founders or trustees had major financial interests in.
Solid strike at Small Heath school
20 October 2015Teachers at Small Heath School in Birmingham struck on Tuesday of this week against plans to turn the school into an academy.
Education round-up
13 October 2015Birmingham strike to stop academy, Open University protests, students defend grants, lobby to defend Esol, occupation at Soas
French councils push pork in schools
06 October 2015Chalon-sur-Saone council in southern France voted last week to ban schools from providing alternative meals for children who don’t eat pork. Anti-racists protested outside.
Racist Tory strategy takes aim at children
29 September 2015Muslim school pupils, teachers and academics are increasingly being treated as a threat, says?Judith Orr
Nine year olds face ‘racial profiling in British schools’ because of Prevent
29 September 2015Primary school children face increasing racial profiling, according to a new report.
Big picket at Winterbourne Academy as teachers strike
15 September 2015Teachers at Winterbourne International Academy (WIA) held a massive picket on Thursday of last week during a one-day walkout.
Education round-up
07 July 2015Bradford College UCU members struck on Tuesday of last week against compulsory redundancies. Picket lines began at 7am and at their peak there were 70 people.
Lewisham schools victory over academies ahead of fresh walkout
26 May 2015Workers at three schools in Lewisham, south east London, were set to begin a two-day strike on Wednesday of next week.
Solidarity gives strength to Small Heath anti-academy strike
19 May 2015Strikers shut Small Heath school in Birmingham on Wednesday of last week in protest at plans to turn it into an academy. The walkout involved ATL, NASUWT and NUT union members.
Testing time for the Tories
14 April 2015There’s a nasty agenda behind the Tories’ plans to test children as young as four. They will set children and schools up for failure while robbing vital education funds to give to big firms. But there is resistance, writes Sadie Robinson
Teachers back boycott of new primary school assessments
06 April 2015Teachers in the NUT union have backed a boycott of "baseline tests" that the Tories want to force onto four year olds.
Lewisham academies supporter Frankie Sulke resigns
31 March 2015Campaigners against academies in Lewisham, south east London, were buoyed by the news that Frankie Sulke, council director for children and young people, will resign her post in the summer.
Teachers strike against academy plans for school in Brent
18 March 2015Teachers at St Andrews and St Francis School in Brent struck today, Wednesday, against plans to turn the school into an academy.
‘We are going to win our academies battle’ say Lewisham strikers
10 March 2015Also: Four day strike called at Barnsley College; ballot against sackings at University of Salford
More strikes over Lewisham academies
24 February 2015Teachers at four schools in Lewisham, south east London, are set to strike on Thursday of next week.
'Academies in Lewisham? No way!' say strikers, students and parents
17 February 2015NUT union members in four schools in Lewisham, south London, struck against the threat of academy status on Thursday of last week.
Strike is solid at B6 Sixth Form
17 February 2015Teachers at B6 sixth form college in Hackney, east London, struck on Wednesday of last week over workload issues.
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