Schools
The great ‘Trojan Horse’ hoax
24 November 2017A new book uncovers how the Tories used the Birmingham schools Trojan Horse ‘scandal’ to push an Islamophobic agenda
Schools inspectors told to target Muslim girls
21 November 2017Muslim girls in primary schools will be questioned by school inspectors if they wear a hijab or headscarf
Take academies back into public hands
14 November 2017The scandal over Wakefield City Academies Trust has exposed the realities of privatisation. Many people want the schools abandoned by the trust to be run by the council.
School strikers at Charlton Park Academy are sick of penny-pinching bosses
14 November 2017GMB and NEU union members struck at Charlton Park Academy in Greenwich, south east London, last Tuesday and Thursday, to defend their sick pay.
Calls to take back Yorkshire schools
14 November 2017There are growing demands for schools abandoned by a multi?academy trust in Yorkshire to be taken back under local authority control.
Meeting says no to Trojan Horse lies
07 November 2017Hundreds of people joined a meeting in Birmingham last week about the Trojan Horse allegations—despite attempts to stop it.
Academy school workers strike against sick pay assault
07 November 2017Workers at Charlton Park Academy special needs school in south east London struck on Tuesday.
In brief - stripping state school funding
26 September 2017Over a third of state schools in England are operating with a cash deficit. The figure was revealed in an answer to a parliamentary question on school finances.
Funding formula fails test as schools still face cuts
19 September 2017Also: strike called at Badock’s Wood Primary School in Bristol
Schools face real terms cuts as Greening announces no new money
17 July 2017Tory education secretary Justine Greening confirmed this week that schools across England face real terms funding cuts.
Parents take to the streets of London against school funding cuts
16 July 2017Hundreds of parents, children, teachers and others marched in London against school cuts today, Sunday.
School strikes in Ealing show the way to beat back academies
14 July 2017Strikes 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
11 July 2017Parents, 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
27 June 2017Teachers 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
20 June 2017Teachers 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.
Tension at the Unison conference
20 June 2017Thousands of public sector workers met in Brighton this week at the national and sector conferences of Britain's largest union, Unison.
Union leader tells Forest Hill School strikers - ‘Keep up the fight for education’
20 June 2017NUT 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.
Slashing schools will be no picnic for Tories
06 June 2017Parents, teachers, children and others joined several protests against school funding cuts last weekend.
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
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